Tun Salleh Abas

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Sunday March 30, 2008Former Lord President dwells on the judiciary crisis of 1988
By CHELSEA L.Y. NG

FORMER Lord President Tun Salleh Abas is the embodiment of modesty. After making headlines when he was sacked from the judicial system in 1988, he has moved on to new chapters of his life.

For years now, he has drawn great satisfaction in literally eating the fruits of his labour. The 79-year-old spends a great deal of his time toiling in his dusun (fruit orchard) in Besut while at the same time keeping abreast of developments outside the plantation.


Tun Salleh: 慖 hardly practise nowadays. I am a farmer now

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Sunday March 30, 2008
Salleh's in the news again after 20 years
TWENTY years after being sacked as Lord President, Tun Salleh Abas makes the headlines again.

Minister in the Prime Minister抯 Department and de facto law minister Datuk Zaid Ibrahim proposed last Saturday that the Government issue an apology to Salleh.

Zaid: Brought in to reform the judiciary

Since then, many have joined the fray. Opposition leader Datin Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail took the call a step further. She suggested the formation of an independent commission to restore the judiciary抯 integrity.

Wan Azizah, the president of PKR, said Zaid's proposal that the government issue the apology was inadequate.

DAP national chairman Karpal Singh, called instead for Dr Mahathir to apologise to Salleh and the other two judges implicated in the crisis.

He said that calling for the present government under Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to apologise was not a step in the right direction.

揇r Mahathir should apologise to the judges implicated in the 1988 judicial crisis,

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Sunday March 30, 2008
Chronology of events

>TUN Salleh Abas became the Solicitor-General in 1963.

>At 50, was appointed as Federal Court judge.

>The Lord President Tun Suffian Hashim retired in 1982 and was replaced by the then Raja Azlan Shah but within two years, Raja Azlan became the Sultan of Perak and Salleh became Lord President in 1984.

>In 1987, elections for the leadership of Umno were held and Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah challenged the incumbent Umno president and prime minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad (now Tun) and was widely touted to win the presidency. However, Dr Mahathir won and remained president.

>The many supporters of Tengku Razaleigh were not satisfied with the result and attempted to get a court order for new elections.

>In the meantime, Salleh made general but strong statements about defending the independence of the judiciary. He also convened a meeting of all 20 federal judges in Kuala Lumpur, and they decided to send a letter to the King stating that they were disappointed with comments made by the prime minister about the judiciary. They asked that the unfounded accusations be stopped.

>Two months later, Salleh was suspended and High Court of Malaya Chief Justice Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Omar was appointed acting Lord President. Salleh was brought before a tribunal for misconduct. In response, he filed a suit in the High Court challenging the constitutionality of the tribunal. He also applied for an interim stay against the tribunal but it was denied.

>Five judges of the Supreme Court convened and granted Salleh an interlocutory (interim) order against the tribunal.

>The order was later set aside and in August 1988, Salleh was officially removed from the post of Lord President.

>The five Supreme Court judges who granted Salleh the interlocutory order

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Sunday March 30, 2008
Zaid: I never endorsed Lord President Salleh Abas

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cukup ker dgn mintak mahap tu? tun det tak kan mintak mahap pun.. apa lagi yg lain2..