Chief Justices of Malaysia
Below are those who served as Lord President or Chief Justice, the highest legal position in the judiciary, in sequence with their duration in office.
Overrating Intelligence
Intelligence is the intellectual ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills systematically, coherently and logically. Once upon a time, intelligence was the primary quality I judged myself and others by. Even though I lacked it, and perhaps because of that, I prized it above other qualities. In an attempt to cultivate it, I kept an open mind, read difficult books (I still don’t understand them), entertained a diversity of thoughts, listened to intelligent people, …
Marrying More Than One
As a Muslim man, I have a clear advantage over a non-Muslim man when it comes to how many women I can marry. I can marry up to four wives at a go. A non-Muslim man cannot. If he tries to do so, he commits the offence of bigamy under section 494 of the Penal Code. Bigamy is the offence of marrying another whilst already married. It is punishable with a maximum imprisonment period of …
A Malaysian Mongrel
According to the definition provision of the Malaysian Federal Constitution (FC), Article 160, a person who fulfils four conditions is considered a Malay: I have bracketed the categories and will use them as shorthand for those conditions. Other races are not defined. Only what constitutes a Malay. Since knowing about this provision, I have always wondered whether having a fossilized definition of a Malay over the long term is healthy. It is obvious from the …
Standing Out
A drip of bright yellow on a dark blue canvas. An irresistable turn of the head. Contrast. Everybody’s vibing cynical and pessimistic. You turn up honest and hopeful. That’s a lit candle in the dark. Even the darkness can feel its warmth. Contrast. So many talk spin, stretch, bend, hedge, twist, clever, and sale. They can’t tell it straight and true. You do. Others resonate. Contrast. Everyone’s doing what everybody else’s doing. Like call speeches. …