The Prime Minis­ter has finally appointed four eminent persons into the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) after the posts were left vacant for more than two months.

Chief Justice Md Raus Sharif, in a statement yesterday, said the four are are former chief justice Arifin Zakaria, former Court of Appeal judge K Anantham, former Sarawak attorney-general Abdul Razak Tready and Universiti Malaya law faculty lecturer Choong Yeow Choy.

Their term will run from April 17, 2017 to April 16, 2019.

They are replacing two-term JAC members Haidar Mohd Noor, Sulong Matjeraie, Tee Ah Sing and T Selventhiranathan, whose term ended Feb 9...