MACC’s powers pertain to corruption, not judicial ethics: M’sian Bar president

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Independence of judiciary is sacrosanct – Hafiz Hassan

NOT too long ago, Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat reminded the public, especially politicians, to read and understand the courts’ grounds of judgement instead of drawing their own conclusions on judges’ decisions.

The chief justice alluded to comments that were made of pure sentiment, which showed that those making the comments did not read the courts’ judgments nor did they take the trouble to understand the law.

It is now an apt reminder, following the Federal Court’s decision on Friday that unanimously ruled that the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s (MACC) investigation against justice Datuk Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali did not follow proper protocol.

If one were to read the judgement, one would have no difficulty to agree with Malaysian Bar president Karen Cheah that “the ruling should not be mistaken to be from the Chief Justice only, but also from six other judges of the Federal Court – namely, Tan Sri Abang Iskandar Hashim, Datuk Mohamad Zabidin Diah, Datuk Nallini Pathmanathan, Datuk Vernon Ong, Datuk Harmindar Singh Dhaliwal and Datuk Rhodzariah Bujang.”

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