KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): The Judges’ Ethics Committee (JEC) today decided to suspend the Court of Appeal Judge Datuk Dr Hamid Sultan Abu Backer from today until Aug 27, 2021.
The decision was made in a closed-door inquiry proceedings in the Palace of Justice in Putrajaya this afternoon which was chaired by Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat.
Other panel members were Court of Appeal president Tan Sri Rohana Yusuf, Chief Judge of Malaya Tan Sri Azahar Mohamed, Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Datuk Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim, Federal Court Judge Datuk Vernon Ong Lam Kiat and two former Federal Court Judges Tan Sri Suriyadi Halim Omar and Datuk Dr Prasad Sandosham Abraham.