Putrajaya should propose raising judges’ retirement age, says ex-judge

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The current administrators in the judiciary may be reluctant to draw up the proposal themselves to avoid accusations of being its immediate beneficiaries.   Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/posts/preview/?p=a1NqNWJwUUFvVEJmblR3eFhPVjErdjdEYWhkUHB5QmVHVlk1SWZEOTVXUT0=   Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2024/06/11/putrajaya-patut-cadang-lanjutan-umur-hakim-bekas-hakim/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #Judges #RetirementAge #LegalAffairsDepartment

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00:00 The government should propose raising the retirement age of judges to keep up with trends

00:06 in the Commonwealth and neighbouring countries.

00:10 A retired judge who spoke on the condition of anonymity said the Legal Affairs Department

00:14 in the Prime Minister's Office should draft a paper and obtain feedback from all stakeholders

00:19 - the three bars, the Attorney-General's Chambers, the Judiciary and the Treasury.

00:25 The source said although discussions have been ongoing about raising the retirement age,

00:30 nothing concrete has come of them so far.

00:33 The ex-judge's proposal comes after Sgb MP Hannah Yeo suggested last week that the retirement

00:39 age of judges be up to at least 75 years, adding that this was one profession where

00:44 one should not retire at 60 or 65.

00:48 The mandatory retirement age is 66 but judges, especially those in the federal court, can

00:53 get a six-month extension with the approval of the Ydnty Putuan Agung.

00:58 Lawyer Syed Iskandar Syed Mazhar also urged Putrajaya to kick-start the process by proposing

01:04 it in both the Dewan Rakyat and Dewan Negara as two-thirds support is needed to amend the

01:09 federal constitution.

01:11 Syed Iskandar said the financial implication to government coffers would be minimal as

01:16 the exercise would only involve 150 judges of the High Court, the Court of Appeal and

01:21 the Federal Court.

01:21 (upbeat music)

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