Covid-19: Closed door affair for judicial commissioners promoted to judges


PUTRAJAYA: In an unprecedented move, seven judicial commissioners were made high court judges in a closed-door ceremony in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.

A statement issued by the Chief Registrar’s Office said six new judges – Justices Rohani Ismail, Anselm Charles Fernandis, Ahmad Fairuz Zainol Abidin, Mohd Radzi Harun, Aliza Sulaiman and Meor Hashimi Abdul Hamid – took their oaths before Chief Judge of Malaya Azahar Mohamed on Wednesday (March 25).

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