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It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.- Robert Green Ingersoll.

Nothing much to write lately, just finished watching the Switzerland Open..yeah and the Malaysian team won again. Hopefully they can be like Nicol David who is now on a never ending lucky strike. And not fall apart like Hafiz Hashim did...

Anyway found this piece of new in The Star. I ws suprised that this kind of thing happen in Malaysia too. This news reminded me of a film 'Catch Me if You Can' starring Leonardo di Caprio about a con man who pretend to be everyone else but himself to get through with life. He pretended to be lawyer too and was about to marry anothers lawyer daughter or it was the judge's daughter if I'm not mistaken.

Bogus lawyer practised in three states
By WANI MUTHIAH

KLANG: He was cool and convincing enough to fool his clients, judges and lawyers. He knew enough legal jargon to appear in court and even mentioned cases on behalf of his “fellow” lawyers.

But in the end, it was his dressing that gave him away. One day he appeared in court wearing an ordinary shirt and bib, triggering suspicion among other lawyers.

Selangor Bar Committee member N. Logen said, “A qualified lawyer and a member of the Bar would definitely know that he should have worn a wing-tip collared shirt with a bib. We became suspicious.”

The Selangor Bar Committee called up the Bar Council to check if his name was on its list. At the same time, the lawyers expressed their suspicions to a magistrate and a Sessions court judge in Klang.

When the man, who is in his 40s, appeared before the magistrate, he was asked to produce his practising certificate. The man gave some excuse and said he would produce it later. At about the same time, the Bar Council replied that his name was not on its roll and a police report was lodged.

But before the man could be nabbed, he bolted. All that took place in 2004. By the time he made his escape, he had “practised” law in Klang for eight months from his “firm” based in Bukit Tinggi, Klang.

During his stint in Klang, he had represented several clients, mentioned cases in the Shah Alam High Court and also mentioned cases on behalf of his “colleagues”. Once, he even successfully applied for bail for a suspect in a rape case in the Klang Sessions Court.

Police are trying to piece together what he did after he scooted off from Klang and it is believed that he “practised” as a lawyer in Kuala Lumpur where he was arrested and jailed for two months for fraud in 2005.

After that, he tried his luck in Johor Baru, where it is believed that he opened a “legal” firm and continued “practising” as a lawyer.

However, the long arm of the law finally caught up with the bogus lawyer on Thursday some 900km from his office when he went to Alor Star for his wedding.....there are more in the paper ohh well he can learn the jargon but he can't learn how to dress up. I wonder if these kind of thing like how to dress up for court wasn't written in a book or did he get the wrong book? But I must admire his determination and courage.

Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.-Oscar Wilde