March for Justice

I am very proud to be among the crowd of lawyers that marched from Palace of Justice (POJ) to the gate of PM's office to serve two memorandums to the Prime Minister. I did not actually planned to go there, but my conscience drove me to the Palace of Justice that morning.

I arrived at the POJ at 9 a.m. which was quite early, then I entered into the Federal Court to watch the proceedings while waiting for others to join the march. Fortunately, the proceeding that I was in was tried by that particular 'Judge' in question. From my observation, I could tell that his mind was quite disturbed that morning. He could not focus on the trial as if he was worrying about something else.

Close to 10 a.m. my friend called me and I went out to the stairs in front of the POJ to join the crowd. Surprisingly, there were many prominent lawyers, including senior partners of law firms who were among the crowd. I must say that at that point of time, I was very proud of myself for being a member of Malaysian Bar, which is the only professional body in Malaysia that ever uphold the cause of justice without any fear or favour.

To reminisce the struggle that the Malaysian Bar has involved in to uphold justice and Democracy, some of the incidents that involve Malaysian Bar was in;

1988 when the sacking of former Lord President Tun Mohd Salleh bin Abas.
1998 when Zainur Zakaria was convicted for a contempt of court while defending former deputy Prime Minister Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim