Luqman's musings

  Yesterday, a good friend sent me the photo above and said: ‘Notice the elevation?’ I responded: Yes, what is important is if this was according to the DP (Development Plan). He replied: No idea…this has been going on for ages, until they meet LM (Luqman Michel).

Berikut adalah terjemahan penuh ke Bahasa Melayu When I revisited the events of 2021 in my April 3 post , I wasn’t simply looking backward. I was asking why, years later, the unfairness I experienced still weighed on me enough to write. The answer lies in perspective: with time, patterns become clearer. What felt personal then now looks systemic — the way disciplinary processes can be wielded, and how those who once sat in judgment may themselves face scrutiny.

  Datuk Roger Chin’s press statement today is powerful: “This is not about rights — it is about whether they will ever be honoured.”   He rightly slams the removal of binding timelines, warning that “complexity” should not become a permanent excuse for delay on Sabah’s 40% entitlement. Here is the full press statement. LINK    Yet in 2021, as Secretary of the Advocates Inquiry Committee, the same logic was not applied.

  Even when you and other government servants (sorry, masters) work from the office, I don't get replies to emails and letters. Now what can we expect when you work from home? That was my quick reaction to YB Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun ’s recent statement on Sabah’s plan to follow the Federal Government’s Work From Home (WFH) policy .

  A Sabahans’ Perspective on Autonomy, Accountability and Access to Justice In my previous post, I wrote about how ordinary Sabahans — especially those in the B40 group — often find it too costly and discouraging to file complaints against lawyers under our local system. Many readers asked: “If the system feels stacked against ordinary people, why not just extend the Legal Profession Act 1976 (LPA) from Peninsular Malaysia to Sabah so we have one uniform set of rules?” It’s a fair and important question. Let me explain what I’ve learned.

  In my last post on April 2, I shared how ordinary Sabahans — especially those in the B40 group like myself who rely on RM100 monthly SARA aid — are effectively priced out of complaining about professional misconduct by lawyers. The RM100 processing fee, printing costs, and the feeling that the system is stacked against us make it almost impossible to seek justice.