COMMENT | As junior members of the legal profession, many of us, unfortunately, find ourselves helplessly drifting away from the idealistic view of the profession that we may have pictured during the course of our studies and our subsequent training to be admitted as advocates and solicitors of the High Court of Malaya.

The slow erosion of our idealistic view of the profession and its noble image may have been driven by a growing realisation of the practical realities and difficulties that plague our profession due to the existence of a myriad of problems, some of which seem to have no end or solution in sight despite multiple complaints over the years (problems such as touting, underpaying, and toxic workplace culture).

Despite this, we still hold in high regard the independence of the judiciary and the integrity of our legal institutions.

However, the recent allegations involving...