[ADIL-Net] Romita can stay for now, says high court (Malaysiakini)

[Charles Hector]

Romita can stay for now, says high court Roshan Jason Sep 26, 05 7:07pm The Kuala Lumpur High Court civil division today granted an interim order that will allow Indonesian Romita Hasibuan to remain in Malaysia until both her law suits against the government are heard.  Her lawyer Charles Hector said Romita’s visa would have expired today, but that she can now stay on with her four children until the legal suits are settled. Romita is married to Abdul Mutalib Taib, who was deported in April on grounds that his permanent residence in Malaysia had been revoked.  She has filed a suit against Immigration Department director-general Mohamed Jamal Kamdi and 13 others, claiming RM28.9 million in damages for allegedly denying the children their rights as enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.  While the authorities contend that only three of the children are Malaysians, Romita argues that all of them have a right to live in Malaysia and to have their parents with them. The inter-parte hearing is fixed for Oct 26. The couple have also filed a RM10 million suit against Home Minister Azmi Khalid (photo), his ministry and the government for allegedly defamatory remarks about Abdul Mutalib. Azmi allegedly made the remarks on July 12 during a meeting with Romita, who had sought him out at the Parliament lobby to ask for assistance over the deportation. Abdul Mutalib had been arrested in 1996 under the Internal Security Act for alleged involvement in forging travel documents in Sabah and was first deported in 1997, after being held under the Internal Security Act at the Kamunting detention camp in Perak. However, Azmi alleged that Abdul Mutalib had returned to Malaysia using a new Indonesian passport and that he had used forged documents to obtain a Mykad in June 2000.  ------------------------------------------------ ADIL-Net will remain a Free Forum until further notice. Disclaimer: The opinions and views posted are not necessarily that of the list owner's or ADIL's -------------------------------------------------- Send a blank e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - to subscribe to the list [EMAIL PROTECTED] - to unsubscribe from the list [EMAIL PROTECTED] - to switch your subscription to normal [EMAIL PROTECTED] - to switch your subscription to digest ADIL Homepage: http://members.easyspace.com/reformasi/ SPONSORED LINKS Root cause analysis Hair loss cause Human rights Human rights watch Human rights violations Human rights abuses YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "ADIL-Net" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.

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