Judge shocks with claim of judiciary scam


PETALING JAYA: An appellate judge has made some shocking claims in court papers exposing purported scams between certain top judges and private litigants to cheat the government.

The revelation by Court of Appeal judge Datuk Dr Hamid Sultan Abu Backer was contained in his 65-page affidavit filed in support of an application by the late lawyer Karpal Singh’s daughter Sangeet Kaur Deo to declare that the chief justice had failed to defend the integrity of the judiciary in two cases.

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