Malaysia

King presents instruments of appointment to 4 Court of Appeal judges

Datuk Ghazali Cha, Datuk Seri Mariana Yahya, Datuk See Mee Chun and Datuk Hashim Hamzah appointed after ceremony today

Updated 5 years ago · Published on 19 Mar 2021 2:20PM

King presents instruments of appointment to 4 Court of Appeal judges
Datuk See Mee Chun being presented with the Court of Appeal instrument of appointment from the Yang di-Pertuan Agong during a ceremony at Istana Negara. – Istana Negara Facebook pic, March 19, 2021

KUALA LUMPUR – The Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah, today presented the instruments of appointment to four judges of the Court of Appeal at Istana Negara.

The judges are Datuk Ghazali Cha, Datuk Seri Mariana Yahya, Datuk See Mee Chun and Datuk Hashim Hamzah.

Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, Court of Appeal president Tan Sri Rohana Yusuf, Chief Judge of Malaya Tan Sri Azahar Mohamed as well as Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Datuk Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim were present at the ceremony.

Also present was Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan.

Ghazali, who was Alor Setar High Court (Civil & Criminal 1) judge, has served as judicial commissioner from September 1, 2005 before being appointed as high court judge on September 5, 2007.

Mariana, who was Kuala Lumpur High Court (BKK 2) judge, was appointed as judicial commissioner on March 1, 2007, before being appointed high court judge on April 14, 2010.

Meanwhile, See, who was Johor Baru High Court (Civil 1) judge, served as judicial commissioner from May 11, 2010, before being appointed high court judge on February 19, 2014.

Hashim, who was Ipoh High Court (Criminal) judge, has served as judicial commissioner from November 1, 2012, before being appointed as high court judge on September 12, 2014. – Bernama, March 19, 2021

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