Former Federal Court chief registrar Datuk Zamri Bakar leads a group of 11 new judicial commissioners appointed to the High Court.
putrajaya: Former Chief Registrar of the Federal Court, Datuk Zamri Bakar, was among the 11 persons appointed as Judicial Commissioners of the High Court. The others are former High Court registrar Nixon Kennedy Kumbong and former Johor Court director Rihaida Rafi.
Also appointed were former lower courts registrar Dayang Alin Narisa Abang Ahmed and former Housing Tribunal chairman Asmadi Hussain. The list includes former lawyers Datin Zalita Zaidan, Mohd Redzuan Idrus, Alvin Leong Yin Yuan and Clive Jubilee.
Former Sessions Court judge Azhar Mokhtar and former MACC legal adviser Datuk Sri Raja Segaran S. Krishnan was also appointed. He received the documents of appointment from Chief Justice Datuk Seri Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salh.
Eight of the new commissioners were sworn in before the Chief Justice of Malaya Datuk Seri Hashim Hamzah. They will serve in Peninsular Malaysia.
The three commissioners took their oath before the Chief Justice of Sabah and Sarawak Datuk Azizah Nawawi. His appointments came into effect immediately.
Court of Appeal president Datuk Seri Abu Bakar Jais was also present at the ceremony.
