This article first appeared at The Malay Mail on 21 Jan 2019. A video has been circulating lately — featuring the Chief Justice dancing with lawyers, the Attorney General and the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department — at the gala dinner for the Opening of Legal Year in Sabah and Sarawak 2019. There has…
This article first appeared at the Malaysian Bar website on 13 July 2018. After weeks of intense suspense, Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Richard Malanjum (“Richard Malanjum”) was at last sworn in last night as our nation’s new Chief Justice by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong at Istana Negara. This is a momentous occasion. For decades…