Call for UMS to offer indigenous law studies c BP . i:1-. Lf-:M:>I cP :l­ I By Nell Brian Joseph on Law and Society (ICLAS 7) at generation. Chancellor Hall, UMS yesterday. "They (the young people) KOTA KINABALU: Chief Justice "If there only there could be a seemed to have forgotten their of Sabah and Sarawak Tan Sri kind of certificate of diploma in ancestors, literally. They need to I Richard Malanjum has called indigenous law studies, (which) know their ancestries to be able on Universiti Malaysia Sabah can be started by UMS under the to move forward," Malanjum said, . (UMS) to consider setting up a School of Humanities, possibly. stressing that the youngsters , programme on indigenous laws. That would be wonderful. must be attached to their culture The suggestion was made in "I promise you that I would be' and identity. " line with the need to address the the first one in line to help out, "Once those (c~ltural identity) . dilemma over indigenous laws in to give lectures and all that. are lost, .you have no more Malanjum (seated, fourth left) with Zaki (third left), Kamaruddin (second left), Zaleha (third right) and the participants of the ICLAS the country as well as the cultural So please consider that," he identity," he added, while further 7. ignorance among youngsters. suggested, adding that he had reiterating' his hope that UMS "There was a mention of the started collecting materials from would consider his suggestion. setting up of a law faculty in UMS. all over the state. Meanwhile, UMS vice- " I would like to make one small Malanjum further disclosed chancellor Prof Dr Kamaruddin D suggestion, if I may. We have a that he had conducted three Mudin said that the unavailability big problem in indigenous laws, meetings with the local indigenous of law programmes in Sabah is (both) in Sabah and Sarawak. leaders, all of which would be something that should be looked "I know that it (the topic of documented. into. However, nothing has been indigenous laws) has been a "Hopefully, in a year or so we . confirmed as of yet. I subject in some of the local can get it fully done and that we Also present in the event were universities in Peninsular can conduct workshops and so International Islamic University Malaysia. But, that is only the tip forth," Malanjumsaid. (HUM) Rector Prof Datuk Seri of the iceberg," Malanjum said Malanjum stressed that the Dr Zaleha Kamruddin and UMS in his officiating speech at the people's biggest fear lies in Board of Directors chairman Tun Seventh International Conference the mentality of the younger Zaki Tun Azmi. .