Wide or narrow? Ex-judges differ on RCI's scope

Putrajaya has agreed to form a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) on the judiciary but there is still no announcement on the terms of reference as yet.

The question now concerns the scope of the RCI. Malaysiakini speaks to three former judges regarding this.

Former Court of Appeal judge Mah Weng Kwai said the RCI should not be limited to the explosive allegations contained in an affidavit filed by a current Court of Appeal judge Hamid Sultan Abu Backer last week...