Tengku Maimun will take judiciary to greater heights


  • Letters
  • Saturday, 04 May 2019

THE G25 welcomes the appointment of Datuk Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat as Malaysia’s new Chief Justice to succeed Tan Sri Panglima Richard Malanjum.

The historic appointment of Tengku Maimun marks the first time that a woman has been appointed to this august position in Malaysia. She is also the first woman Chief Justice or the head of the judiciary in the Muslim world.

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