King presents instruments of appointment to five judges

His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia (centre), Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat (seventh from left) and Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said at the ceremony. - Photo courtesy of His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia Facebook

KUALA LUMPUR: His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia presented the instruments of appointment to five judges in a ceremony at Istana Negara here Monday (March 18).

The ceremony, which took place at Bilik Singgahsana Kecil, began with the presentation of the instruments of appointment to Federal Court judges Datuk Hanipah Farikullah and Datuk Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera.

Also receiving their instruments of appointment were three High Court judges, namely Su Tiang Joo, Alexander Siew How Wai and Amelati Parnell.

Hanipah and Vazeer Alam previously served as judges of the Court of Appeal, while the other three judges were judicial commissioners.

Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat and Court of Appeal president Tan Sri Datuk Amar Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim witnessed the ceremony.

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said and Attorney General Datuk Ahmad Terrirudin Mohd Salleh were also in attendance. - Bernama