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DO NOT MOCK NOR SMEAR THE LAW - CROWN PRINCE RAJA NAZRIN
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 (Bernama) -- Crown Prince of Perak, Raja Dr Nazrin Shah, Thursday reminded legal practitioners not to mock nor smear Malaysia's laws.
He said as legal practitioners, they should not only refer to or value a law
when it benefited them, but dismiss or mock it if they felt it did not benefit
them.
Raja Nazrin said this was because laws were important in ensuring continuity
and credibility of an administration or government.
"Your level of excellence and honour in the legal profession in the public
eye in future will depend on your wisdom and disciplined practice from now," he
said at the presentation of the Certificate of Legal Practice issued by the
Legal Profession Qualifying Board, Malaysia, to 238 recipients, here, Thursday.
Raja Nazrin said if justice failed to be effectively and professionally
managed, society and the nation would be heading towards destruction with crime
becoming much more rampant.
"The legal enforcement machinery is seen to be getting weaker, perhaps
personal interest are above professional interest now. Those who make
professional interest their prioroty are a minority, who are sidelined from the
main decision-making process in an organisation.
"The highest-level mechanism is also seen as increasingly weak to the extent
that the public have come to regard the court as mere drama stage and losing
their respect and trust.
"This scenario is no creation, but a precursor to the downfall of many Third
World countries. The people suffer while the countries' top leaders flee and
become exiles in other countries or hunted down for their wrongdoings."
The Crown Prince said justice could not be administered in society or
country if the laws contained elements of oppression and giving privileges to
the powerful to dominate the weak and the rich to oppress the poor.
In fact, he said, there would be no justice if the legal machinery was
impotent.
"A country's sovereignty depends on its seriousness in honouring its laws
mirrored by its firmness and never compromising with practices that disrespect
the law, and by its intolerance towards malpractices like misappropriation,
criminal breach of trust, power abuse and corruption.
"There is sovereignty of the law if there is a strong spirit to uphold the
law and truth as a way of life."
He said sovereignty of the law could also be guaranteed as long as the
process of meting justice at the courts was not marred by unethical practices
done from outside the courts to influence the decisions.
Raja Nazrin said managing justice required the collective role of various
quarters, besides the professional understanding and respect for the ethics of
every agency or individual involved.
"If the investigating and prosecuting officers do not produce quality work
and show a high level of professionalism, if the defence counsel violate their
professional code of ethics and if judges sacrifice the principle of truth, then
justice will be compromised," he said.
-- BERNAMA
He said as legal practitioners, they should not only refer to or value a law
when it benefited them, but dismiss or mock it if they felt it did not benefit
them.
Raja Nazrin said this was because laws were important in ensuring continuity
and credibility of an administration or government.
"Your level of excellence and honour in the legal profession in the public
eye in future will depend on your wisdom and disciplined practice from now," he
said at the presentation of the Certificate of Legal Practice issued by the
Legal Profession Qualifying Board, Malaysia, to 238 recipients, here, Thursday.
Raja Nazrin said if justice failed to be effectively and professionally
managed, society and the nation would be heading towards destruction with crime
becoming much more rampant.
"The legal enforcement machinery is seen to be getting weaker, perhaps
personal interest are above professional interest now. Those who make
professional interest their prioroty are a minority, who are sidelined from the
main decision-making process in an organisation.
"The highest-level mechanism is also seen as increasingly weak to the extent
that the public have come to regard the court as mere drama stage and losing
their respect and trust.
"This scenario is no creation, but a precursor to the downfall of many Third
World countries. The people suffer while the countries' top leaders flee and
become exiles in other countries or hunted down for their wrongdoings."
The Crown Prince said justice could not be administered in society or
country if the laws contained elements of oppression and giving privileges to
the powerful to dominate the weak and the rich to oppress the poor.
In fact, he said, there would be no justice if the legal machinery was
impotent.
"A country's sovereignty depends on its seriousness in honouring its laws
mirrored by its firmness and never compromising with practices that disrespect
the law, and by its intolerance towards malpractices like misappropriation,
criminal breach of trust, power abuse and corruption.
"There is sovereignty of the law if there is a strong spirit to uphold the
law and truth as a way of life."
He said sovereignty of the law could also be guaranteed as long as the
process of meting justice at the courts was not marred by unethical practices
done from outside the courts to influence the decisions.
Raja Nazrin said managing justice required the collective role of various
quarters, besides the professional understanding and respect for the ethics of
every agency or individual involved.
"If the investigating and prosecuting officers do not produce quality work
and show a high level of professionalism, if the defence counsel violate their
professional code of ethics and if judges sacrifice the principle of truth, then
justice will be compromised," he said.
-- BERNAMA
