There is nothing wrong with ex-politicians becoming judges, but the main issue is that they must have integrity, says former Federal Court judge Gopal Sri Ram.

Sri Ram, who retired from the highest court in the country in 2010, said there were former politicians from the United Kingdom, Australia and India who had been appointed as judges.

He pointed out that Justice Arwyn Lynn Ungoed-Thomas was active in the Labour Party in the United Kingdom before he became a judge...