A Judiciary that Talks Back [Part 3/11-The Malaysian Judiciary Then and Now]
The head of the judiciary spent 1987 publicly refusing to criticise the Government. He was removed in 1988 for talking too much.
Read MoreThe head of the judiciary spent 1987 publicly refusing to criticise the Government. He was removed in 1988 for talking too much.
Read MoreA Prime Minister complained, on the record, of a judiciary that would not do as it was told. Two years of investigation later, the government's own panel could find exactly one ruling to support the complaint — and it favoured a foreigner, not a political enemy. A Lord President lost his career inside that gap.
Read MoreHe declared Malaysia's law secular, then spent the rest of his life obeying his own judgment — in pencil. Why the pencil, do you think?
Read MoreAre we asking the right questions about legal training? Malaysia wants to retire the CLP — but the exam, and the training, were never the real danger. It is what we fail to teach.
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