What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.

 

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.

The committee allowed members who never attended the hearing to cast votes and sign the decision — a “practice” the chairman himself admitted was not in the rules.  Natural justice was set aside for convenience. A complainant’s right to a fair process was acknowledged in theory but not honoured in practice.

If Datuk Roger Chin now demands structure, urgency and consistency so that constitutional rights are not left to drift, then the same standard should apply when he held power over disciplinary proceedings.

Rules and natural justice are not optional when inconvenient.

They must be honoured — for everyone, every time.

Full context of the 2021 case: https://luqmanmusings.blogspot.com/2026/04/when-complaints-become-too-costly-for.html

#Sabah40Percent #RuleOfLaw #Consistency