‘Laws grind the poor, rich men rule the law’


The writer with the legendary Lord Denning during his law student days in London. Denning quoted Fuller that ‘Be you ever so high, the law is above you’.

WHEN I was young, I would recite the Rukun Negara every morning during the primary school assembly.

When I was older, I would lead in the taking of this pledge as the head prefect of the secondary school every other week.

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Roger Tan

Roger Tan

The writer, a senior lawyer, is formerly a law lecturer and member of the Malaysian Bar Council.

   

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