Bar Council EGM on judicial independence dissolves due to lack of quorum


The Malaysian Bar's Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) was cancelled after failing to meet its 500-member quorum, as announced by President Mohamad Ezri Abdul Wahab in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, July 26, 2025. — RAJA FAISAL HISHAN/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Bar's extraordinary general meeting (EGM) to debate two motions on judicial independence could not proceed after failing to gather a quorum of 500 lawyers on Saturday (July 26).

Bar Council president Ezri Abdul Wahab said only 309 of the 24,000 members in the Peninsula attended, leading to the EGM's dissolution.

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