In response to your report, 'Azmin Ali gets 18 months jail for Anwar-case perjury' (May 2), I would like to comment that former IGP Abdul Rahim Noor was merely sentenced to two months of imprisonment and fined RM2,000 whereas Mohamed Azmin Ali was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment and fined RM20,000.

One would like to note the discrepancy of sentences imposed by the Session Court judges. It seems that for assault cases one can impose a lenient sentence even though the crime was committed by the then head of the Malaysian police force and the lame prosecution was not inclined to ask for a heavier sentence, whereas for perjury the court is willing to impose a deterrent sentence and the said judge was quoted as saying, "He (Azmin Ali) is no ordinary man in the street, if such offences were not curbed it would affect the administration of justice in the country."

The Malaysian criminal courts seriously need a reform to safeguard the interest of the public and not of a handful of people. The Malaysian Bar Council should stand up and start questioning such discrepancies and not merely send routine memorandums. In the past, none of the memorandums has managed to pressure the government to act. In fact, it's the other way round as the government has managed to silenced the Bar.

However, the voters in Hulu Klang will ever be ready to stand up if anything happens to their state assembly representative.