# @bfmradio on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DMPxx85y7iD
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/33994104-bfmradio-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-07-18T10:55:01.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** BFM 89.9  The Business Station (@bfmradio) — https://gondola.cc/bfmradio

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📍🟡 "The public perception of the independence of the judiciary should not be put in doubt. An independent judiciary is a precious gift to any society. Once it is lost, anarchy reigns.” - Datuk Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh

62-year-old Datuk Wan Ahmad Farid was appointed as the new Chief Justice, succeeding Tun Tengku Maimun, who retired on July 2.

Datuk Wan Ahmad Farid, a former Umno member, was once the political secretary to Malaysia’s 5th Prime Minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. He also served as Deputy Home Minister from 2008 to 2009 before retiring from politics in 2013.

Prior to this appointment, Datuk Wan Ahmad Farid was appointed judicial commissioner in 2015 and High Court judge in 2019. He was elevated to Court of Appeal judge in November 2024.

Meanwhile, Federal Court judge Datuk Abu Bakar Jais has been appointed as the new President of the Court of Appeal, while Datuk Azizah Nawawi is the new Chief Judge of the High Court in Sabah and Sarawak.

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