Retired judges propose settling pension payment lawsuit

A group of 35 individuals, comprising former members of the judiciary and seven widows of former judges, have submitted a proposal to the government to settle the lawsuit over alleged failure by the government to fix an appropriate increase in the pension and benefits they received since 2015.

The retired judges include former Court of Appeal president Alauddin Mohd Sheriff, former chief judges of Malaya Siti Norma Yaakob and Haidar Mohamed Nor, and former Court of Appeal judge Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof, who is also former Dewan Rakyat speaker.

They named the government...