Upcoming leadership changes in Malaysia’s judiciary stir concerns of political intervention

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Upcoming leadership changes in Malaysia’s judiciary stir concerns of political intervention

Several judges of the Federal Court, Malaysia's highest judicial body, are due to retire and the legal fraternity is concerned senior judges may be bypassed in favour of politically linked candidates for new appointments.