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LETTER | Justice Hamid Sultan – the need for RCI A - LETTER | We are troubled by matters related to the functioning of the Malaysian judiciary and the way allegations made about judicial misconduct is being treated by the authorities. Some months ago, Court of Appeal judge Hamid Sultan Abu Backer revealed in an affidavit made by him in connection with a case, of several instances of interference with the judicial process.  The allegations of impropriety at the highest judicial levels, of hig...

Court denies senior judges bid to stay inquiry against him Modified2 Feb 2021, 6:05 am A - Court of Appeal judge Hamid Sultan Abu Backer failed to obtain a court order to temporarily stay the Judges’ Ethics Committee inquiry against him set for Thursday this week. The Kuala Lumpur High Court this morning dismissed his stay application during an online hearing conducted before judge Mariana Yahya today. In dismissing the bid, the court ruled that there were no special circumstances that justif...

Kuala Lumpur: Court of Appeal Judge Datuk Dr Hamid Sultan Abu Backer (pic) Thursday failed in his application to challenge the Judges’ Ethics Committee’s (JEC) decision to hold a closed-door inquiry against him. This is following a decision by High Court Judge Datuk Seri Mariana Yahya to allow the objection by the Attorney-General’s Chambers against Hamid Sultan’s application for leave for judicial review. Senior Federal Counsel Ahmad Hanir Hambali, when contacted, said the court allow...

KUALA LUMPUR: Court of Appeal Judge Datuk Dr Hamid Sultan Abu Backer today failed in his application to challenge the Judges’ Ethics Committee’s (JEC)...

Thus the probe against Court of Appeal judge Hamid Sultan Abu Backer is set to commence.

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AG withdraws appeal against interim stay granted to judge Hamid Sultan 23 Dec 2020 / 17:03 H. Pix for representational purpose only. PUTRAJAYA: Attorney-General (AG) Tan Sri Idrus Harun today withdrew his appeal over a High Court decision allowing an interim stay of the Judges’ Ethics Committee’s (JEC) inquiry proceedings against Court of Appeal (COA) Judge Datuk Dr Hamid Sultan Abu Backer, which was scheduled on Nov 25. Senior Federal Counsel Mohd Sabri Othman informed a three-member...

Published on: Friday, December 11, 2020 By: Bernama Text Size: Kuala Lumpur: The Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) has objected to the application for leave for judicial review by Court of Appeal judge Datuk Dr Hamid Sultan Abu Backer (pic) to challenge the Judges’ Ethics Committee’s (JEC) decision to hold the investigative proceedings against him in-camera. Senior Federal Counsel Ahmad Hanir Hambali, who acted on behalf of the AGC, told reporters that the objection was made as the appli...