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Mala fide

Meaning: In bad Faith

adjective & adverb

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'Home Ministry's move to ban PPS mala fide'

GEORGE TOWN, Nov 5, 2014:

Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng today challenged the Registrar of Societies (RoS) to break the silence and start communicating with the state government over the arrest of 157 Voluntary Patrol Unit (PPS) members on Merdeka Day.

Lim urged the RoS to inform the Penang government on the status of the voluntary body.

Standing firm by his stance on the legality of the body, he described the act by the Home Ministry to ban the PPS as “mala fide” or harbouring malicious intent.

“Probably, they are just insecure that the PPS is fast gaining popularity with 9,200 members who were merely assisting the police through community policing and emergency rescue works.

“The PPS has been around for four years and has operated without any problem until only lately, which clearly goes to show that its popularity is causing unease with certain quarters, namely the Home Ministry, in declaring it as an illegal organisation, ” he told a press conference at his office in Komtar here today.

Yesterday, the Home Ministry issued a statement declaring the PPS in Penang as an illegal organisation through a press statement dated Nov 3.

In the statement, ministry secretary-heneral Datuk Seri Mohamad Khalid Shariff said the declaration was made on Nov 3 according to Section 5(1) of the Societies Act 1966.

He said the provision under Section 5 of the Societies Act 1966 [Act 335] concerned the power of the minister to declare an organisation as an illegal body.

“The Penang PPS is an organisation that carries out activities hazardous to public peace in the country,” the statement read.

Lim also criticised and questioned the Home Ministry’s action in making such a declaration through a mere statement.

The Penang government, he said, was also contemplating legal proceedings to seek a judicial review against the Home Ministry’s declaration on the PPS as an illegal organisation.

He added that the state government was now consulting its legal team on the issue.

He also slammed the Home Minister for committing a gross abuse of power and acting mala fide (malicious intention) on PPS on two occasions and with a political agenda.

“First, the ministry unlawfully sanctioned the arrest of 157 PPS leaders and members on Aug 31 this year.

“The second was yesterday when the ministry unlawfully declared PPS an unlawful society without any communication, proper investigation and respect for natural justice.”

Lim announced that the state executive council, at its meeting today, unanimously decided to condemn categorically the declaration by the Home Minister on Nov 3 that PPS was unlawful under Section 5(1) of the Societies Act 1966.

Lim said the unilateral ministerial declaration was in disregard of the tenets of natural justice, namely that a person cannot be condemned unheard.

“The ministry never communicated with the Pakatan Rakyat state government on PPS.”  Lim said this “would have enabled us to defend ourselves against baseless charges against PPS”.

“Clearly, this is a politically motivated attack against PPS and the Penang government.”

Following the declaration, he said no one could again use the name, symbol or logo of the Penang PPS as an organisation, based on the provision under Section 7(3) of the Societies Act 1966.

Mohamad Khalid said all accounts, assets and properties of the Penang PPS would also be handed over and wound up by the Malaysian Insolvency Department.

He said that following the declaration, no one could hold any position, carry out the functions of a member, allow any meeting to be held in the building, and to announce or act on behalf of the unit or represent it.

Those responsible for carrying out any activity of the Penang PPS would be investigated and could be charged in court for committing an offence under Act 335, including Section 42 and Section 48 of the Societies Act 1966 and Section 142 of the Penal Code, he said.

Subsequently, he called on everyone to give their cooperation in helping the government to check the activities of the Penang PPS, which allegedly contradicted existing laws.

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