Lawyers differ over merits of Johor’s claim to ‘federal partner’ status

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Philip Koh says Johor’s history as an independent state is ‘unique’, but Haniff Khatri Abdulla says its claim has no constitutional validity.   Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/posts/preview/?p=SFlPK3FJQlNDV0lQNmh1K3lmc3d3QmtCOXkzSWhaREdDc0tuZFJHTXk1VT0=  Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2024/06/21/peguam-beza-pandangan-johor-berstatus-rakan-dalam-persekutuan/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #Johor #FederalGovernment #FederalPartner

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00:00Lawyer Philip Koh has defended Pasir Gudang MP Hasan Karim's view that the federal government

00:08should treat Johor as a partner.

00:11He said the state had a unique status in colonial Malaya and has always been treated differently

00:15by the British government.

00:17Koh cited the English Court of Appeal case of Miguel v. Sultan of Johor in which the

00:22Sultan successfully argued that the UK courts had no jurisdiction over him due to his status

00:27as an independent sovereign ruler.

00:30Hasan previously expressed his support for Johor Regent Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim's

00:34call to treat Johor as a federal partner.

00:37He also said Tunku Ismail's view had constitutional, political and historical validity.

00:43However, lawyer Hanif Khatri Abdullah disagreed, saying that all Malayan states, including

00:48Johor, were parties to the Federation of Malaya Agreement 1948.

00:54He also said those documents did not confer on Johor any special position.

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