Bar passes ‘no confidence’ resolution against AG

The Malaysian Bar has adopted a resolution today declaring that it has no confidence in Attorney-General Idrus Harun for his “abject failure” to defend the judiciary and uphold the rule of law.

This is in relation to attacks against the judiciary following former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak’s conviction in the SRC International case, particularly attacks aimed at Court of Appeal judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali, who convicted initially convicted Najib at the High Court.

“The Malaysian Bar is dismayed with...