KUCHING: The federal government's decision to relocate the Registrar of the High Court in Sabah and Sarawak from Kuching to Kota Kinabalu effective May 1 has taken Sarawakian lawyers and lawmakers by surprise, with some questioning whether it is constitutional.
PKR lawyer See Chee How said the government must explain the rationale for the move, pointing out that the principal registry of the High Court in Sabah and Sarawak had been located in Kuching since the formation of Malaysia.
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