Category Archives: Delegatus non potest delegare

On the 23 December 2019, just after Azilah released his explosive statutory declaration (SD3), the Inspector General of Police (IGP) said that investigations into Altantuya’s murder would be re-opened and ‘investigators have identified several individuals who will be called in to have their statements recorded’.IGP: Police to interview several witnesses following ex-commando’s shocking SD onContinue reading “DELEGATUS NON POTEST DELEGARE PART 16 – WHAT HAPPENS NOW?”

Well, that’s the entire story. Has it provided all the answers to the questions on everyone’s mind? Probably not. But what it does do is show how things can go horribly wrong when you get others to do your dirty work. Azilah has accused Najib Razak of ordering him to eliminate Altantuya, and to avoidContinue reading “DELEGATUS NON POTEST DELEGARE PART 15 – SUMPAH LAKNATS AND SWORN STATEMENTS”

It is not surprising that Sirul’s application for a protection visa was thrown out the window as soon as it was heard. Sirul opted to follow the bad advice of his ‘Malaysian Dream Team’ instead of the advice of the professionals engaged to ensure he had the best chance of succeeding in his visa application.Continue reading “DELEGATUS NON POTEST DELEGARE PART 14 – SIRUL’S AAT APPEAL”

The situation in February 2015 was simply this. Sirul was behind bars in a detention centre, in a foreign land, ruled by strict laws, run by an incorruptible government and where people accepted that the rule of law was a necessary evil. However, unlike Malaysia, freedom of expression is given much latitude in the landContinue reading “DELEGATUS NON POTEST DELEGARE PART 13 – THE VILLAWOOD SAGA”

In the last sequel we saw how Sirul anticipated the worst and fled the country before the Federal Court could throw him back in jail again to face the hangman’s noose. In mid 2014, Sirul first fled to Thailand to seek refuge. This is when he hatched a plot to demand money in exchange forContinue reading “DELEGATUS NON POTEST DELEGARE PART 12 – THE BACKGROUND BEHIND SIRUL’S ESCAPE”

Fortuitously, or with a certain amount of foresight, Sirul managed to skip the country before the prosecution’s appeal was heard before the Federal Court. Perhaps he, or his lawyers, had a premonition. Malaysian lawyers know appeals are totally unpredictable. Whilst Sirul was lying low, holed up with his son in Ipswich, Queensland, the Malaysian policeContinue reading “DELEGATUS NON POTEST DELEGARE PART 11 – SIRUL’S ESCAPE”

On the 13 January 2015, the Federal Court delivered its decision in the appeal brought by the prosecution against the order acquitting Azilah and Sirul made by the Court of Appeal in 2013. The Judges of the Federal Court felt the Court of Appeal was wrong. They reinstated the convictions and sentences passed on bothContinue reading “DELEGATUS NON POTEST DELEGARE PART 10 – THE FEDERAL COURT REVERSAL”

Azilah and Sirul’s appeals to the Court of Appeal against their convictions and sentences were heard in June 2013. The panel of Judges who heard these appeals were, Apandi Ali (the head of the panel). Linton Albert and Tengku Maimun (the present Chief Justice).Interestingly, Kitson Foong, the lawyer who had previously represented Sirul was toContinue reading “DELEGATUS NON POTEST DELEGARE PART 9 – AZILAH AND SIRUL’S APPEAL”

In early May 2011, Bala was contacted by someone called ‘Siva’ who apparently was very close to the powers that be. Siva had been designated the task of finding out from Bala whether he would agree to meet a Minister to discuss SD1, for reasons not ascertained at that stage. Bala agreed to this outContinue reading “DELEGATUS NON POTEST DELEGARE PART 8 – A TEMPORARY DIGRESSION”