Koon Yew Yin | Beng Hock verdict a turning point for judiciary?
In the last few years, the reputation of Malaysia’s judiciary for fairness and adherence to do justice strictly according to the law has taken a severe beating.
Notorious cases such as the Lina Joy, Anwar Ibrahim, Nizar vs Zambry, and other less politically visible cases have raised public doubts as to whether our judges – especially in cases with politically sensitive outcomes – are able to arrive at fair and just decisions. Or whether in fact the opposite has taken place with judges more concerned with career advancement and playing ball with the powers that be.
Public concern that our courts – including at the highest level – may in fact be filled with partisan, unfair or even corrupt judges, has been rising non-stop since the Dr Mahathir Mohamad period. This has led me to write a piece on ‘How low can our judiciary go’ in April this year in which I noted that at no time in the country’s history has there been such a large and wide variety of politically charged cases being brought to the courts of law.
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