| When DOJ Brought Malaysia
Chief Justice To SDNY Questions of Extradition
and 1MDB Got Bail Response
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Dec 17 – When Malaysia's Chief
Justice took questions on
December 17 in New York, Inner
City Press asked her about the
1MDB
case in which Goldman Sachs
managed to get a case moved
higher in the court system
there, and about a recent
North Korea sanctions related
extradition request by the
United States.
Chief Justice Tan Sri Tengku
Maimun Binti Tuan Mat politely
responded that such would not
comment on cases "sub
judice" or still
pending. She did explain,
however, how appeals and bail
work in Malaysia.
The master of ceremonies of
the event at the U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York, Judge
Loretta A. Preska, followed up
with a question about recent
New York State legal changes
that only risk of flight and
not danger to the community
can be considered on bail.
Malaysia's
Chief Justice replied that in
Malaysia, danger to the
community is certainly
considered. In response to
another questions about
distinctions by ethnicity or
nationality, she said she had
never had such a case before
her.
This
seemed strange, given what
writers such as Amy
Chua describe as a quota
system for employment, not
least for the government. But
in response to Judge Preska's
question about gender
discrimination, the answer was
that there is none in
Malaysia.
It
was, never the less, an
educational evening at the
SDNY, at which the District
Executive's Office offered
interviews and put out a
hallal spread. The US
Attorney's office, sometimes recalcitrant
in releasing trial exhibits
such as in the recent US v.
Scott / OneCoin case,
helpfully put out this call to
the press:
"On December 17,
the New York Bar Association
will host a Continuing Legal
Education (CLE) event at 5:30
p.m. in Room 850 of the Daniel
Patrick Moynihan Courthouse in
Manhattan. The CLE is
open to members of the bar and
the press. Topics will
include the Malaysian Court
framework, including the
civil, criminal, tribal and
Shariah sectors, as well as
ethical obligations, the role
of women in judicial
leadership roles, the
strengthening of judicial
security, and best practices
to combat cyber crime."
This last as the Bangladesh
Bank hacking case continues to
pending in the SDNY, how ever
tenuously. Watch this site.
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