In an eleventh-hour move, DAP has declared its support for Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat’s service extension, just as she marks her last day before mandatory retirement.

Noting that it had recently discussed matters of national importance, the party’s central working committee also backed extending the tenure of Court of Appeal president Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim, who is set to retire on July 2.

The committee said a tenure extension for the judges would be...