High hopes that reforms will continue


One for the album: Malanjum (seated, second from right) with (seated from left) Chief Judges of Sabah and Sarawak Datuk Seri David Wong Dak Wah, President of the Court of Appeal Tan Sri Ahmad Maarop and Chief Judge of Malaya Tan Sri Zaharah Ibrahim. Also present are (standing, from left) High Court judges Wong Chee Lin, Celestina Stuel Galid, Dean Wayne Daly, Ismail Ibrahim, Abu Bakar Katar, Datuk Rozana Ali Yusoff, Datuk Faizah Jamaludin, Datuk Ahmad Kamal Md Shahid, Darryl Goon Siew Chye and Hayatul Akmal Abd Aziz.

THOUGH Tan Sri Richard Malanjum retired as Chief Justice of the Federal Court on April 12, the tributes are still pouring in.

On May 17, at a ceremony to welcome our trail-blazing new Chief Justice, Datuk Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, all three Presidents of the Bars of Malaysia, Sabah and Sara­wak expressed their appreciation of the many judicial reforms initiated by her illustrious predecessor during his short but scintillating nine months as head of our apex court.

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