6th UKEC MSLS '12 (Day2) : Part 2

OK...then we had a group discussion regarding important issues happening in the country. Some topics emerged from the mature minds of UK students from Malaysia covered personal rights (focus on the Bersih Rally), education sys etc. It was a really constructive session that I've listened to. Yes, just listening. I tried to voice out my opinion twice, but Adam, our facilitator was kinda busy.
I couldn't remember much about this session.

One thing for sure was I was really impressed on how expressive people could be in expressing their thoughts.

2) Nation Building Session: Shaping National Identity through Arts & Literature

Datuk Lat, Dina Zaman and Datin Seri Jacquelina (hope I didn't get the sequence wrong)

As you can see, all 3 of the speakers have a huge impact in the arts and literature industry. Probably you've never heard of them before, but they are interesting people that are determined in making a difference in this country through their pens and initiatives. 

Basically, it was not a very serious topic. Come on what do you expect from a comic book writer, a blog writer and an actress? Mind you, still, they are important people. As breezy art could be, or how mere they were to be, they are the stimuli that shape our lives indirectly. Something that we don't realise how vital it could be...until we lost it. Taking Dato' Lat for example, the slightest characteristic of the house structure inside his comics of Kampung Boy which setting was based on his old house in Perakis projected as an identity. 

The forum was more towards the exertion of moral values like creativity, fearless etc..which turned out to be not that creative after all. 

3) The Rule of Law: Restoring Faith in the Judiciary  

YABhg Tun Dato' Seri Zaki 

Now that I've lost my memory partially from here onwards....there's nothing much I can tell. 

Tun Zaki, well, was the Chief Justice of Fed. Court, Malaysia. Guess I have to write this post with caution or else I'll get sued. He was indeed giving us a lecture, rather than a speech and regard us as students. In restoring the faith, Tun Zaki had made an impressive leap in getting rid of the enormous backlog of cases, and Malaysia as the highest efficiency country in handling this matter. Such improvements resulted in facilitating the clients itself and also the government in saving costs. Besides, the faith towards the judiciary lies between the people handling the cases, which are the judges. And behind every corrupted judge, there is a corrupted lawyer.  Such abuse of power should be minimised and the judge's personal view should be kept aside. In other words, upholding their own believed has overlooked the term "legislation."

I must say that there were quite a number of accuse directed towards him during the Q&A session...and yeaa...he was ready for a debate. The hall cheered when a member posed a question on "why Tun Zaki was the Chief Justice but also acted as a legal adviser of UMNO (which may affect objectivity)." Tun Zaki responded that he was able to do so (as to maintain his objectivity) as long he is not involved in any of the UMNO cases. After that he waved his hands for the floor to cheer. And so we did.