Covid-19: Exempting minister without reason creates dangerous precedent, says Malaysian Bar

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PETALING JAYA: Exempting a minister from Covid-19 preventive measures without justification is arbitrary and creates a dangerous precedent, says Malaysian Bar president Salim Bashir.

is, in fact, exempted from a quarantine order, the authorities must be able to demonstrate what this exemption is, the absence of which would create a dangerous precedent that is arbitrary in nature," he said in a statement on Thursday

The reason cited for this was that the minister was not given the mandatory Form 14B requiring an Order for Surveillance and Observation as stipulated under section 15 of the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 . "In light of the severity of the pandemic both at home and abroad, an individual does not only become a person under surveillance upon receiving a copy of Form 14B, but even when someone enters Malaysia from abroad," he said.

He had returned from what he described as a “semi-working trip” to that country, which included members of his family, on July 7.

 

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It’s a practice in Malaysia that people cannot question the government or the leaders of the government

Kalau tak mampu memerintah, letak jawatan. Nak isytihar darurat buat apa!

This govt does not listen to the rakyat. Period. Lets kick them out. Starting with this stupid khairuddin guy.

As a minister, he shd know and hv clearly broken the rule, going above board formulated by his own kind, risking lives of others. He should lead by eg, instead he did otherwise. As PM/law makers, you should come down hard on leaders instead to set eg to others, yet he's let go.

No Precedent was set ! This is the NORM in Malaysia.

Double standard. Double standard everywhere.

Since d said form was not issued, is KKM prepared 2 haul up d personnel/s 4 their failure 2 enforce that responsibility?

Not the first time anyway; i.e. thus NOT a precedent but aka “double standard SOP” for Malaysian politicians in power

kena covid please

DoubleStandards

No worries.. We will do the same can?

That person probably bullied/bulldozed his way passed the KKMPutrajaya officer.

MuhyiddinYassin has no guts to penalise this crook with his thin majority. This is why all the MPs in PN can rob, cheat, steal & rape but Muhiyiddin will close his eyes but claim he will cane rakyat for breaking SOP! Muhiyiddin was useless when Najib stole - useless as always!

Double standard! ☹️

Why does the bar not question how he & his family were given overseas leave wch was paid by taxpayers during a pandemic? How many others were given such overseas leave? A cab minister must apply to cabinet & Pm b4 leaving the ctry for pvt or official reasons.

Double standards in Malaysia. If you are ministers under current government, you can break the rules and you are safe. Stop putting on shows.The police investigation on ministers is wasting taxpayers' money as the wrongdoing ministers won't be prosecuted.Akumenteri

I am surprised the Bar doesn't know that there are two set of laws in this country. One for Ministers and the other for the rest of us

Whose Minister is he ? He is surely not mine ... I will surely remember if I voted such a dodgy character

Understandable, PM hands are tied.

Leadership by example!!!

Tak jadi lawyer pun org tau benda ni

This PASPusat fellow bribed his way out. Thanks to the agong who appointed a gang of criminals as his government, Malaysia is now a banana republic.

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