King appoints Chief Judge and four Federal Court judges

KUALA LUMPUR: His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, granted an audience and presented instruments of appointment to five judges at Istana Negara here.

The ceremony, held at Bilik Singgahsana Kecil (Small Throne Room) yesterday, began with the presentation of the instrument of appointment to Chief Judge of Malaya Datuk Hashim Hamzah.

Also receiving their instruments of appointment were four Federal Court judges, namely Datuk Che Mohd Ruzima Ghazali, Datuk Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali, Datuk Azimah Omar and Datuk Collin Lawrence Sequerah.

Royal endorsement: Sultan Ibrahim in a group photo with the newly appointed judges after presenting their appointment letters at Istana Negara. — Bernama

The ceremony was also attended by Chief Justice Datuk Seri Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said and Attorney General Tan Sri Mohd Dusuki Mokhtar.

Chief Secretary to the Govern­ment Tan Sri Shamsul Azri Abu Bakar and Keeper of the Rulers’ Seal Tan Sri Syed Danial Syed Ahmad were also in atten­dance.

Hashim, a former Court of Appeal Judge, was appointed to fill the vacancy left by Tan Sri Hasnah Hashim, who retired on Nov 14.

Meanwhile, Che Mohd Ruzima, Mohd Nazlan, Azimah and Sequerah previously served as Court of Appeal judges before their elevation to the Federal Court.

After the conferment of the appointment letters, His Majesty graciously posed for a photograph with the newly appointed judges, Bernama reported.

Separately, Sultan Ibrahim was also proclaimed as the patron of the Scouts Association of Malaysia.

The proclamation was made when the King received a courtesy call from the National Chief Scout Major-Gen (rtd) Prof Datuk Dr Mohd Zin Bidin at Dewan Sri Bendahara, Istana Negara.

During the audience, Sultan Ibrahim also accepted the First Class Bintang Semangat Padi Emas medal from the association.

Also present were National Scout Council deputy president Datuk Ahmad Shaziy Ismail Bakti, vice-president Datuk Zamani Tambichek and treasurer Tan Sri Abdullah Taib.

The King’s appointment as the patron of the association accords with Part II, Section 1, Article 11(1) of the Policy, Organisation and Rules 2010, read together with Act 784 or the Scouts Association of Malaysia Act 1968 (revised 2016).