Pro Bono Publico

The decision by the Bar Council to call an extraordinary general meeting on Oct 4 to discuss judicial independence and the attendant issue of the promotion of judges to our higher courts has resulted in a lot of people getting hot under the collar.

The decision by the Bar Council to call an extraordinary general meeting on Oct 4 to discuss judicial independence and the attendant issue of the promotion of judges to our higher courts has resulted in a lot of people getting hot under the collar.

I refer to the article headlined 'Conflict of interest' poser over ex-CJ's job, and applaud in the strongest terms the principled stand taken by Kuthubul Zaman Bukhari and the call by both the Bar Council and DAP's Lim Kit Siang for a code of ethics.

I refer to Extraordinary, unverifiable stories by Gabriel who has advised malaysiakini "to be more careful in selecting the articles it wishes to publish".