Lord Lester QC: Najib talking nonsense

ARCHIVES 2009

By admin-s On May 28, 2009

By Chee How @ Hueditor (Hornbill Unleashed)

When a lawyer friend of mine heard in the news on Sunday that PM Najib expressed regret that the Opposition accused the BN government of influencing the Court of Appeal’s decision in determining the rightful Perak Mentri Besar, she was bewildered and instantly sent me a short message.

No, she was not baffled by Najib’s attack on the opposition and their claim that the Court of Appeal was influenced to overturn the High Court decision to determine that Zambry Abdul Kadir is Perak’s rightful Menteri Besar. Which intelligent soul in Malaysia would have been buffled? It’s just Najib jumping onto the stage for his clown dance.

“Najib said that the Court of Appeal’s decision was hailed by international legal experts, including Queen’s Counsel Lord Anthony Lester!” I can sense her anger and shock.

Surely, we can expect that to come from Najib’s mouth.

The Malaysian Insider reported: “Najib stressed that the court’s decision was free of any interference and that the Court of Appeal’s verdict was also hailed by international legal experts, including Queen’s Counsel Lord Anthony Lester”.

Najib was quoted as saying: “If a Queen’s Counsel like Lord Lester feels that we are on the right track with regards to the Court of Appeal’s decision, then we should not misinterpret or harbour negative views against the judiciary.”

It was barely 3 months ago when the press broke the news that UMNO and Zambry were seeking legal opinion from high profile Queen’s Counsels, with Lord Anthony Lester of Herne Hill said to be top of the pick, to secure his position as the Menteri Besar.

Fearing the backlash from the Malaysian Bar and political repercussion of running back to the colonial masters, Zambry immediately leaped to deny the news report.

The Malaysian Insider reported in “Zambry denies Umno engaging QC”:

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 24 – Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir denied today Umno was seeking the services of a Queen’s Counsel in Britain to break the constitutional deadlock in Perak.

“No one has gone to London and we are not engaging any QCs,” he said.

What have we? A lying PM or a lying MB …