Working in the Office of the Attorney was not new to me. In 1995, I had served a brief stint as a State Attorney at the General’s Office. While there, as one of the junior attorneys, I was primarily involved with the prosecution of minor offenders.

To say the country’s criminal justice system was one-sided would be a gross understatement. Authorities had the ability to arrest individuals at will. No warrants were required. Indefinite detention was the norm.

At one time, it was the norm for Criminal Court judges to hear accused individuals say, “I was tortured,” “I was beaten,” or, “I...

I was appointed Chief Judge of the Criminal Court on January 20, 2003. The duty included overseeing the Juvenile Court. Mr. Ahmed Mueez and...

Despite serving as the Chief Judge of the Criminal Court, the country’s highest trial court for all major criminal cases, in practice, neither the...

My Master's thesis supervisor advised me to make certain changes to my dissertation a few months after I joined the Attorney General's Office. (My dissertation was about free speech in Malaysia.) I had to return to Malaysia to conduct the necessary study.