2025 Malaysian judicial appointment controversy

The 2025 Malaysian judicial appointment controversy was a controversy surrounding the appointment of a new Chief Justice of Malaysia and a new President of the Court of Appeal, following the mandatory retirement of Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat and Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim respectively in early July 2025. The controversy also centred around a leaked meeting minute purportedly to be originated from the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC), which alleged that Ahmad Terrirudin Mohd Salleh, former Attorney General of Malaysia and a sitting Federal Court judge since November 2024, had interfered in judicial matters and lacks qualification to be appointed as the Chief Judge of the High Court in Malaya.

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