GLC forces activist to resign after Perak verdict
An activist appealing a guilty verdict for taking part in an assembly opposing the 2009 takeover of the Perak government by the BN, was yesterday told to resign from a government-linked company (GLC), or face termination.
An activist appealing a guilty verdict for taking part in an assembly opposing the 2009 takeover of the Perak government by the BN, was yesterday told to resign from a government-linked company (GLC), or face termination. 
Bad Latif Mansor (left), who was in the senior management in the company, said he was informed of this when he returned to work on Sept 23, 10 days after the guilty verdict.
“The letter form the Human Resources (HR) Department stated that I had a choice of either resigning or being sacked.
“I opted to resign, even though some urged me to fight this. I feel if I did fight it, I would only be ‘cold-storaged’ at work, and I do not want that,” Bad Latif said when contacted.
The father of four said the HR Department informed him that the decision was in accordance with the code of conduct of the company.
“They said that this was part of the appointment letter I signed, so I will consult my lawyer on this,” Bad Latif said.
However, he noted that the company also said it would compensate him for his loss of employment.
Bad Latif and 12 others, including a cancer patient, were ordered jailed on Sept 13 when their lawyers’ verbal application for a stay of sentence pending appeal was rejected. 
Mostly in their late 40s, they were released after their lawyers filed a written application to the High Court in Taiping for the stay of their sentence of two years’ imprisonment and RM5,000 fine, pending appeal.
A sessions court in Kuala Kangsar found them guilty of taking part in an illegal assembly in Kuala Kangsar to protest against the appointment of Perak Menteri Besar Zambry Abdul Kadir after the BN takeover of the state from Pakatan Rakyat.
Earlier, the Selangor government news portal Media Selangorku reported that Bad Latif’s wife, a homemaker and fellow activist, had planned to sell their house to keep the family afloat if her husband’s application for a stay of sentence had been rejected.
Malaysiakini is withholding the company’s name pending their response.
