PETALING JAYA: Chief Justice Tan Sri Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim has come out in defence of the courts against criticisms by some Cabinet ministers that they were too lenient or slow in handling cases involving employers who hired illegal immigrants.
The top judge, in a three-page statement released yesterday, listed down three reasons why 112 out of a total of 1,162 such cases were still pending in the magistrates courts.
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