Sabah Law Society backs Negri Ruler’s call for JAC members to be picked by bar assocs

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Law Society (SLS) has backed the call by Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan Tuanku Muhriz Ibni Almarhum Tuanku Munawir that the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) members are chosen by bar associations instead of the Prime Minister.

SLS president Roger Chin, in a statement on Wednesday (Nov 30) went a step further, reiterating their previous call for the return of the authority and rights of Sabah and Sarawak, by restoring the power of the respective governors to appoint judicial commissioners provided for in the Federal Constitution prior to 1994.