Lawyers welcome ‘wonderful’ news of top judges' resignations


Bede Hong

The resignation of Chief Justice Md Raus Sharif (left) and the Court of Appeal President Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin can only bode well for the country, Lawyers for Liberty executive director Eric Paulsen says. – PMO file pic, June 13, 2018.

THE resignations of Chief Justice Raus Sharif and Court of Appeal president Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin have been welcomed by lawyers who had claimed their appointments were unconstitutional.

“This is truly wonderful news for Malaysia as the judiciary has not been free and fair for far too long,” Lawyers for Liberty executive director Eric Paulsen told The Malaysian Insight.


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  • Good riddance. Should leave immediately. Why end of July?

    Posted 5 years ago by Ken destino