How to strengthen international confidence in the country's legal process?

Malaysia may let foreign law firms operate here for the first time to strengthen international confidence in the country's legal process, the Minister in the Prime Minister Datuk Zaid Ibrahim said today.

"If we want big, big foreign multinationals, big banks to come to our country, they normally would want to use the lawyers that would suit their needs," Zaid said.

"These are the realities that we have to accept." The minister dismissed concerns that the move would hurt Malaysian firms, saying foreign companies could handle more complicated fields such as maritime and aviation law, intellectual property and difficult banking matters.

"I'm concerned that in this global economy, how do we retain our best lawyers if we don't have international-standard law firms in our own country?

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Why the need to invite foreign legal firms when we have this, to name a few?

"We can make things happen for you" and "Trusted Business Advisor" are the taglines. Don't tell me that the legal firm above couldn't, borrowing your own words dear minister, "handle more complicated fields such as maritime and aviation law, intellectual property and difficult banking matters"? Looking at their website (go here), is this not, again permits me to borrow your words, an "international-standard law firm"? Or am I wrong?

Dear minister, I don't think that this is a solution "to strengthen international confidence in the country's legal process".

Do not deviate from the real issue at hand. The lingam-gate issue, remember? If memory serves me right, only the suruhanjaya concluded their findings, but the lingam-gate issues remain unsolved.