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Free Malaysia Today
a day ago
- Free Malaysia Today
Ex-civil servant jailed 30 years for murdering infant daughter
Maidin Ibnuhashim was spared the minimum 12 strokes of the rotan as it was only imposed on male offenders aged 50 and below. (Bernama pic) PETALING JAYA : A former civil servant has been sentenced to 30 years in jail for killing his nine-month-old daughter after the Federal Court allowed the prosecution's appeal to reinstate the murder charge. The three-member bench, sitting in Kota Kinabalu and chaired by Chief Judge of Malaya Hasnah Hashim, yesterday ruled that the prosecution had proven all the ingredients for murder during the trial. Hasnah said that Maidin Ibnuhashim had intended to inflict injuries on the infant, which ultimately caused her tragic death in 2018. Justices Hanipah Farikullah and Azizah Nawawi also heard the appeal. However, the bench opted to sentence Maidin, 60, to the minimum jail term of 30 years. He was spared the minimum 12 strokes of the rotan as it was only imposed on male offenders aged 50 and below. The court had the discretion to impose either the death penalty or a jail term ranging from 30 to 40 years. Maidin was initially charged with murdering his daughter, Nurul Shafika, at his rented home in Kampung Gersik Lama, Labuan, between Aug 10 and Aug 13, 2018. In 2022, the trial judge reduced the charge to culpable homicide not amounting to murder and sentenced Maidin to 18 years' imprisonment from the date of his arrest. Last year, the prosecution failed in its appeal to reinstate the murder charge, while Maidin's appeal for acquittal from the culpable homicide conviction was also dismissed. Both parties then filed fresh appeals to the Federal Court, with the prosecution succeeding this time. During the trial in the High Court, a child eyewitness testified that she saw Maidin dip his daughter's fingers and toes into hot water from a rice cooker, and hold her under a running tap, letting the water flow over her head and face. The witness also said Maidin slapped the baby's cheeks repeatedly whenever she cried, threw her onto a mattress – causing head injuries – and placed her in a baby swing that struck a cupboard several times. An autopsy conducted by pathologist Dr N Murali concluded that the cause of death was 'severe head injury in a child with soft tissue injuries to the face, mixed superficial and deep dermal burns over the fingers and toes, and underlying bronchopneumonia'. Deputy public prosecutor Eyu Ghim Siang appeared for the prosecution while David Tan represented Maidin.
The Age
a day ago
- Business
- The Age
Chalmers hits China-linked companies with landmark lawsuit over crucial military minerals
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has launched an unprecedented lawsuit against China-linked interests to force them to sell their stake in an Australian rare earths miner, whose products are crucial to warplanes, missiles and submarines. The lawsuit, filed in the Federal Court on Thursday against foreign investors in Northern Minerals, is also seeking financial penalties for allegedly refusing to obey Chalmers' direction to sell out of the company last year. The Australian-listed company is developing the Browns Range heavy rare earths project in remote northern Western Australia, which could be one of the first non-Chinese sources of the minerals used in military guidance systems, wind turbines and electric vehicles. Chalmers' court action against an entity called Indian Ocean International Shipping and Service Company Ltd and a former associate follows his order last year for five Chinese-linked groups to sell their shares in Northern Minerals to unconnected buyers by September. 'Foreign investors in Australia are required to follow Australian law,' Chalmers said in a statement. 'We are doing what is necessary to protect the national interest and the integrity of our foreign investment framework.' China's control of rare earths and critical products is an escalating cause of concern to the United States and countries like Australia, after Donald Trump's trade war prompted Beijing to restrict shipments of the materials. It has made similar moves before, including against Japan in 2010 during a territorial dispute. China controls nearly all of the world's heavy rare earth production and Australian Strategic Policy Institute senior fellow Ian Satchwell said the global superpower's interests were seeking to exert influence over Northern Minerals. 'Australia, with like-minded partner nations, is seeking to build alternative supply chains for rare earths and other critical minerals, and the Northern Minerals shenanigans are a very obvious example of China-linked bad faith investing to allegedly seek to disrupt those efforts,' Satchwell said. 'In Australia's case those rare earths are used for things such as F35 fighters, missiles attached to them and in the future, nuclear-powered submarines.'
Malay Mail
a day ago
- Politics
- Malay Mail
It ain't over 'til it's over — Hafiz Hassan
JUNE 27 — An appeal is a creature of statute and will only lie if a statute gives such a right and then only within the limits which the statute giving the right stipulates. Accordingly, by reason of Section 87(1) of the Courts of Judicature Act 1964, an appeal lies to the country's apex court -- that is, the Federal Court -- from any decision of the Court of Appeal in its appellate jurisdiction in respect of a criminal matter decided by the High Court in its original jurisdiction. This means that the criminal trial must commence in the High Court, as the case was in the corruption case of former youth and sports minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman. Lawyer Hisyam Teh Poh Teik speaks to the press on behalf of Muar MP Syed Saddiq Abd Rahman as they walks out of the courtroom after facing the decision of his 4 charges here at the Palace of Justice. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin Syed Saddiq was convicted by the High Court in 2023. On Wednesday (June 25), the Court of Appeal quashed the conviction, ruling unanimously that the High Court judge had erred in several decisions, and that there was no element of dishonesty when the former minister instructed his staff to remove money from Bersatu's youth branch Armada's bank accounts. The Public Prosecutor has not waited long to appeal against the acquittal having filed a notice of appeal the very next day (June 26). Syed Saddiq faces another court battle for his freedom. As the song goes, it ain't over 'til it's over. * This is the personal opinion of the writer or publication and does not necessarily represent the views of Malay Mail.
Bloomberg
a day ago
- Business
- Bloomberg
Australian Treasurer Sues Foreign Investor in Rare Earths Miner
Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers has started the first legal case in the Federal Court for an alleged breach of the nation's foreign investment laws, saying a shareholder in a rare earths company failed to heed his order to sell its stake. Indian Ocean International Shipping and Service Company Ltd. was one of five foreign investors ordered by Chalmers a year ago to sell its shares in Australian-listed Northern Minerals Ltd. within three months. It hasn't complied, the treasurer said in a statement on late Thursday.
The Star
2 days ago
- Politics
- The Star
Malaysia must uphold judicial independence
THE National Human Rights Society of Malaysia (Hakam, or Persatuan Kebangsaan Hak Asasi Manusia) expresses grave concern over recent developments that further undermine public confidence in the integrity and independence of the Malaysian Judiciary. Following our earlier statement on the unequal and unexplained failure to extend the tenures of Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, Court of Appeal President Tan Sri Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim, and Federal Court Judge Tan Sri Nallini Pathmanathan, which is a departure from established convention under Article 125(1) of the Federal Constitution, we are now alarmed by media reports suggesting possible interference in judicial appointments and allegations of misconduct involving a Federal Court judge.
