Hundreds of members of the legal fraternity today bid their final farewell to the late Federal Court judge Gopal Sri Ram.

Private practitioners, Federal Court judges and deputy public prosecutors began descending on the Nirvana 2 memorial centre at Bukit Seputeh in Kuala Lumpur since 8am this morning.

Inside the wide hall of the centre where Sri Ram’s coffin is laid, a long queue began forming early in the morning as members of the legal fraternity and judiciary waited to pay their respects amidst the somber atmosphere.

Among those seen were Malaysian Bar president Karen Cheah, Cheah’s predecessors Christopher Leong and Steven Thiru, Attorney-General Idrus Harun, Idrus’ predecessor Tommy Thomas, Federal Court judges Vernon Ong and P Nallini, Court of Appeal judge Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera, former MACC chief commissioner Latheefa Koya, and minister Nga Kor Ming as well as deputy minister Ramkarpal Singh.

When met at the sidelines of the event by the media, Ramkarpal,