Agong presents appointment letters to 11 judges

KUALA LUMPUR: Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah today presented letters of appointment to 11 judges of the Federal Court, Appeals Court and High Court at Istana Negara, here, today.

Heading the list of recipients were Federal Court judges Datin Paduka Zaleha Zahari, Datuk Zainun Ali, Datuk Seri Panglima Sulong Matjeraie and Datuk Jeffrey Tan Kok Wha.

From the Appeals Court were judges Datuk Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahim and Datuk Lim Yee Lan.

The others who received their appointment letters were High Court judges Datuk Hasnah Mohamed Hashim, Harmindar Singh Dhaliwal, Hadhariah Syed Ismail, Supang Lian and Stephen Chung Hian Guan.

Also present were Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz and Chief Justice Tan Sri Arifin Zakaria.