Ex Ag Idrus Among 4 New Faces On Jac

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The terms of Idrus Harun, Zainun Ali, Talat Mahmood Abdul Rashid and Hartini Saripan will run until Oct 31, 2026.
PETALING JAYA: Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has appointed former attorney-general Idrus Harun and retired Federal Court judge Zainun Ali to the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC).
Also appointed are former Sarawak attorney-general Talat Mahmood Abdul Rashid and UiTM legal adviser Hartini Saripan, the JAC’s office said in a statement.
The appointments, which took effect this month, will end on Oct 31, 2026.
New Chief Judge of Malaya (CJM) Hasnah Hashim also has a seat on the commission by virtue of her appointment to the third highest post in the judiciary last week.
Hasnah Hashim.The JAC is tasked with selecting suitable candidates to sit as judges in the superior courts – the Federal Court, Court of Appeal, and High Courts.
On Sept 14, FMT reported that the JAC was in limbo as there were five vacancies on the nine-member commission, leaving it without the minimum quorum of five required to convene a meeting.
One vacancy arose after former CJM Zabidin Diah retired in February. Four other members saw their terms expire on Sept 3.
They were former chief justice Raus Sharif, former Federal Court judge Suriyadi Halim Omar, retired Sarawak AG Abdul Razak Tready, and International Islamic University associate professor Shamrahayu Ab Aziz.
Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, Court of Appeal president Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim, and Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Abdul Rahman Sebli sit on the board by virtue of their positions in the judiciary.
The remaining member of the JAC is Justice Nallini Pathmanathan, the senior Federal Court judge appointed under Section 5(1)(e) for a two-year term. - FMT

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