COMMENT | Bar Council not entirely accurate about probing judges

COMMENT | The Malaysian Bar Council on April 3, through its press release published on its website, titled “Decision of the Courts Should Be Respected by All Parties”, has stated that “matters of judicial code of ethics is not within the competence nor understanding of MACC.”

It also states: “Investigations by the MACC in this regard are not only without jurisdiction, but also begs the question as to why MACC has traversed into areas that are not within the scope of the MACC Act 2009, nor within the competence of the MACC.”

Further, it states that “the Malaysian Bar is of the concerted view that the proper body to investigate and decide on the ethical conduct of judges lies with the Judicial Ethics Committee established under the Judges’ Ethics Committee Act 2010. The MACC has no role to play in this exercise.”..