News Bar News/Berita Badan Peguam Two senior Malaysian lawyers appointed judges in Fiji 
| Two senior Malaysian lawyers appointed judges in Fiji |
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| Wednesday, 05 September 2007 08:41pm | |
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Interim Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum made this announcement following the resignation of the six remaining expatriate judges from New Zealand and Australia. In June, LawAsia President, Mah Weng Kwai stepped down after a week as the Commissioner of the Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption so that it would not be misinterpreted as LawAsia endorsing the current military government. The Fiji Times also quoted Sayed-Khaiyum as saying the Judicial Services Commission would make announcements in due course on the appointment of more highly qualified judges to the Court of Appeal and to the High Court. He added that Fiji was fortunate to have Das and Abraham. Das is a senior partner of Messrs Shook Lin & Bok in Kuala Lumpur whilst Abraham has just retired from Messrs Shearn Delamore & Co, also based in Kuala Lumpur. Comments (4)
Similar appointment, different feeling...
written by Shim Wai Loon, Wednesday, September 05 2007 09:52 pm
Congrats
written by Richard Wee Thiam Seng, Wednesday, September 05 2007 11:58 pm
Congratulations to Datuk Dr Cyrus and Datuk Cecil.
Loss to the country
written by Srimurugan a/l Alagan, Thursday, September 06 2007 12:14 am
It's a shame that the government has failed to appoint our best legal minds to our judiciary..!
WHY LIKE THAT ONE? written by Stephen Tan Ban Cheng, Thursday, September 06 2007 12:31 am
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FIJI: Senior Malaysian lawyers Datuk Dr Cyrus Das, 58 and Datuk Cecil
Abraham, 61 have been appointed to the Fiji Court of Appeal by the President,
Ratu Josefa Iloilo, yesterday, 
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May this news strike the "top" judge & "top" politician right on their heads on how they EXERCISED THEIR DISCRETION in appointing judges. It tells us, or rather tells THEM, that there are still very experienced, capable & qualified lawyers around to be chosen for judicial service. Now, foreigners seem to know better on how to value and appreciate our local lawyers, isn't it ironic??
Although there are 2 similar appointments from the Bar almost at the same time, strangely, I feel happy and proud only for this appointment although both of them do not jump straight up to the apex court.
Shim Wai Loon