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(The Malaysian Insider) High Court judge Datuk Ian Chin, who dropped a bombshell earlier this year with his explosive claims that former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad had threatened judges, has tendered his resignation.
Parliament was told today that Chin handed in his resignation to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong in a letter dated July 16. “He will step down from Dec 1. At this time, he has started his leave from Aug 1 until Nov 30,” Malaysiakini quoted Deputy Minister in Prime Minister's Department T. Murugiah as telling the House. Murugiah was replying to a question from Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir (BN-Jerlun) who wanted to know whether action would be taken against the judge for making claims of government interference in the judiciary. A similar question was also posed by Tian Chua (PKR-Batu). According to Malaysiakini, Murugiah said that since Chin had tendered his resignation, there was no need to take any action against the Kota Kinabalu High Court judge. Chin, 60, is the most senior judge in the High Court. His resignation comes six years before he is due to retire. In July, Chin sent shock waves through the legal fraternity when he exposed incidents of executive interference dating back more than 10 years. The revelations, where he implicated Dr Mahathir and former Chief Justice Tun Eusoff Chin, were made while he was hearing an election petition on July 9, according to the report in Malaysiakini. Among Chin’s claims was that he and a few judges were sent to a “boot camp” for indoctrination purposes.
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