The language of justice in the courts


RECENTLY, for the first time in Malaysia, the Court of Appeal streamed live hearings online.

I welcomed it because I had wanted various sections of the judiciary and the Attorney General’s Chambers to function online as early as a week after the first movement control order. There was no reason not to and it is not rocket science to determine which sectors could function without the need to meet face to face.

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