Karpal Singh’s statement that the Sultan of Perak has not the jurisdiction over the transfer of Datuk Jamry Sury from the Perak Religious Department has been taken out of context and a lot of fuss has been generated. Karpal’s view has been dealt with emotion rather than with a clear analytical mind. All the comments critical of Karpal’s statement display ignorance between a genuine challenge to jurisdiction and acts that could fall within the realm of disloyalty. And these puerile comments demanding criminal sanctions against Karpal are but personal political ambitions to cloud the actual issue. Under the umbrage of fierce patriotism they envisage to muffle freedom of speech.
I am confident that the Sultan of Perak who is trained in law and had been the head of the Malaysian judiciary is aware raising objection to jurisdiction is not something out of the ordinary. No one in his sane mind would think that a lawyer who had raised an objection to jurisdiction in court has committed contempt of court, thus should be punished. Karpal is perfectly entitled to raise the issue.
K. Siladass
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