Ex-CJ's rights record questioned ahead of Wang Kelian probe

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Lawyers for Liberty recalls some of Arifin Zakaria's decisions during his tenure as chief justice which were condemned by rights groups.

Former chief justice Arifin Zakaria, who has been tasked with leading the royal commission of inquiry into the mass graves at Wang Kelian.

LFL adviser N Surendran said Arifin had made several decisions during his tenure as chief justice which received strong criticism from constitutional and human rights lawyers, as well as opposition leaders at the time. They will be given six months to look into the human trafficking camps and mass graves discovered in Wang Kelian in May 2015.

He also cited Arifin’s role in upholding the sodomy conviction of PKR’s Anwar Ibrahim, and his advice to the king that Raus Sharif and Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin be appointed as additional judges in the Federal Court.

 

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