Ex-Court of Appeal judge, human rights defender KC Vohrah dies
Former Court of Appeal judge, human rights defender KC Vorah passed away today at the age of 83.
According to The Star, Vohrah (above), who retired as an appellate court judge in 2002, reportedly died this morning after a prolonged illness.
He was also part of the six-member Institutional Reforms Committee (IRC) set up by the previous Pakatan Harapan government...
Former Court of Appeal judge, human rights defender KC Vorah passed away today at the age of 83.
According to The Star, Vohrah (above), who retired as an appellate court judge in 2002, reportedly died this morning after a prolonged illness.
He was also part of the six-member Institutional Reforms Committee (IRC) set up by the previous Pakatan Harapan government.
The IRC was established under the Council of Eminent Persons (CEP) in May 2018 to look into the reform of key institutions such as the Judicial Appointments Commission, the police force, the MACC and the Election Commission, among others, following Harapan’s win in GE14.
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia principal research fellow Denison Jayasooria and Suhakam were among those who posted about the death earlier today and expressed their condolences.
In his Facebook posting, Denison said: “The nation will miss a great Malaysian”.
Denison said he had worked with Vorah when the latter was in Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) and Society for the Promotion of Human Rights (Proham).
Vohrah served in Suhakam from 2002 to 2008 and was among the founding members of Proham in 2011.
In 2014, an article written by Vohrah was published in an in-house publication of the Court of Appeal to mark its 20th anniversary (1994-2014), alleging that former chief justice Eusoff Chin tried to influence a judge in the famous Ayer Molek Rubber Company vs Insas Bhd case in 1995.
Meanwhile, in a text to The Edge Markets, Malaysian Bar president Salim Bashir described Vohrah as “a judge of high integrity and good temperament”.
“He is an exceptional gentleman and a judge of high integrity and good temperament during his days on the bench. His judgments are usually couched in very simple language, succinctly to the issues at hand, and often used as authoritative references by judges and lawyers.
“His passing has left a great void to the members of the legal fraternity, and indeed we have lost a great legal luminary. Malaysian Bar conveys our heartfelt condolences to his family, and we share the grief, along with his loved ones. May God bless his soul,” said Salim.
Vohrah leaves behind his wife Beatrix Vohrah, two children and four grandchildren.
