New Native Courts Bill expected to be tabled at next Sarawak assembly meeting

Minister in the Premier's Department Datuk John Sikie with his winding up speech at the Sarawak Legislative Assembly on Tuesday (May 24). - ZULAZHAR SHEBLEE / The Star

KUCHING: The Sarawak government plans to elevate the state's native courts into an independent judicial system equivalent to the syariah and civil courts.

Minister in the Premier's Department Datuk John Sikie said a new Native Courts Bill was expected to be tabled in the state legislative assembly's next sitting at the end of the year to pave the way for the move.