Malanjum a ‘strict judge but down-to-earth’


Work and play: Malanjum chatting with laywers at Kota Kinabalu in this file picture and signing (inset) his letter of appointment as Chief Justice in Kuala Lumpur.

KOTA KINABALU: A man who brings justice to the people is what Tan Sri Richard Malanjum is known for.

As Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak he introduced the mobile courts that got judges to head into the deep interiors to assist rural folk with matters ranging from obtaining the necessary documents to obtain identity cards to simple cases.

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