Outgoing Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat has advised judges to decide fairly and objectively.
She said they must do so even if faced by the executive branch of government or others with vested interests seeking a decision to swing a certain way.
She added that this advice applies to her successor, whom she does not envy considering the heavy responsibilities that come with the job.
She reminded those who labelled her as un-Islamic that “Allah is the sole judge”.
Turning the tables on her critics, Tengku Maimun, who asserted that she would not stoop to their level of baseless attacks, suggested they instead engage in divine contemplation.
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“My only response to them is this one rhetorical question: for those of you who have the time to question the faith of others, are you confident enough that Allah as the sole judge, has accepted your own ‘ibadah’ and deeds such that you have now been ordained the standing to question mine and of others,” she said.
Tengku Maimun expressed her confidence that Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will continue to uphold judicial independence. She made the remark after reflecting on how then-opposition leader Anwar, in 2009, raised an objection in the House of Representatives over the Judicial Appointments Commission.(JAC).
She said Anwar had objected to the parliamentary bill (which became law) because it was not enough to increase judicial independence.
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