Nazri says there is no case for review
Nazri says there is no case for review
27 Sep 2006KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz does not believe that Tun Salleh Abas has a case.
The de facto Law Minister said that the new information provided by the former Lord President does not merit a review of the 1988 judicial crisis.
"I have not changed my mind and will not ask the Cabinet for a review. I believe there must be a finality to this episode.
"Even if there is a review, there is nothing to stop anyone from asking for a review on the review 10 years down the road. There must be a finality," he said.
Salleh outlined his five points for a review of the 1988 judicial crisis after Nazri had said the Government will consider the review if "new and important" facts emerged.
The minister had said until such time, there was no need for a new tribunal to review the decision of two judicial tribunals that had been accepted by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the government in 1988.
Nazri told the New Straits Times last week that the information he referred to could be in the form of statements from the three affected persons that they had been pressured into leaving their jobs.
On Aug 8, 1988, Salleh and five Supreme Court judges — Tan Sri Azmi Kamaruddin, Tan Sri Eusoffe Abdoolcader, Tan Sri Wan Hamzah Mohamed Salleh, Tan Sri Wan Sulaiman Pawanteh and Datuk George Seah — were accused by the government of misconduct.
The five were suspended but Salleh, Wan Sulaiman and Seah were later sacked.
