He was 91.
Salleh’s demise from pneumonia at 3.20am yesterday came a day after he was admitted to the intensive care unit of Hospital Sultanah Nur Zahirah in Kuala Terengganu after testing positive for Covid-19.
Tributes to the small-sized, humble man, who definitely left some big shoes to fill, poured in immediately from personalities in the legal fraternity.
In extending her condolences to his family, Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat said Salleh had contributed so much to the Judiciary during his tenure as Lord President, calling his demise a great loss to the Judiciary and the nation.
A native of Kampung Raja, Besut, Terengganu, Salleh was a law graduate from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and had a Masters in International Law and Constitution from the University of London.
Nation mourns loss of a great legal mind
January 16, 2021
KUALA LUMPUR – Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah and Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah have expressed their condolences to the family of former Lord President Tun Dr Mohamed Salleh Abas, who passed away today.
Their Majesties said they were saddened by his passing and hoped that his family would be patient and resolute in facing this situation.
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“Their Majesties truly appreciate his service and deeds to society and the country and regard his death as a big loss to the nation,” according to a statement posted on Istana Negara’s Facebook account.
TOO bad, too late, was the Federal Court’s essential message on Dec 8 when it denied Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri further legal recourse. Already convicted and sentenced to death on the Altantuya Shaariibuu murder in 2006, Azilah had sought a retrial of his case, even though he had already exhausted two levels of appeal.
Nonetheless, the apex court’s decision is likely to result in the never-ending speculation as to who directed two elite police officers to so brutally end the Mongolian woman’s life 14 years ago. Corporal Sirul Azhar Umar was the other officer convicted alongside Azilah.
Azilah had made a belated decision at the end of last year to affirm a statutory declaration (SD) and affidavit that claimed that then deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who later became PM, had been behind the order to kill Altantuya.
08 Jan 2021 / 15:03 H. Pix for representational purpose only.
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court will hear on Jan 27 an application by former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to disqualify former Federal Court judge, Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram, from leading the prosecution team in his on-going trial over alleged tampering of the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) audit report.
Lawyer Nur Syahirah Hanapiah, representing Najib, told reporters this after the case came up for mention today before deputy registrar, Catherine Nicholas.
Also present was deputy public prosecutor Mohamad Mustaffa P. Kunyalam.
“Senior counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah is currently on medical leave, so the hearing, initially fixed for today, has to be taken off.
The Straits Times
PublishedJan 8, 2021, 5:00 am SGT
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