Apex court reinstates RM10,000 fine on Sungkai assemblyman

THE Federal Court has reinstated the fine of RM10,000 imposed 13 years ago by the advocates and solicitors’ disciplinary board on former lawyer A. Sivanesan – now a Perak state executive council member – for professional misconduct. 

This followed a decision by a three-member panel comprising Justices Nallini Pathmanathan, Vernon Ong Lam Kiat and Harmindar Singh Dhaliwal to allow appeals by the Malaysian Bar and K. Pathmanathan.