Former de facto law minister Zaid Ibrahim has welcomed the government’s move to establish a fully fledged Law Ministry, calling it a “long overdue” reform that could restore public confidence in Malaysia’s justice system.

“For far too long, Malaysia has not shown genuine institutional enthusiasm for the rule of law. Since 1995, the so-called law minister was essentially a unit under the Prime Minister’s Department, with little autonomy or structural authority,” he said on X.