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NUS Law congratulates law
alumnus Court of Appeal president Datuk Abdul Hamid Mohamad ’69 on his
appointment as Malaysia’s Chief Justice.
 Court
of Appeal president Datuk Abdul Hamid has been appointed Chief Justice of
Malaysia, the highest judicial post in Malaysia.
Federal Court judge Tan Sri Zaki Tun Azmi will take over from Chief Justice
Abdul Hamid as Court of Appeal president.
Chief Justice Abdul Hamid graduated from the Faculty of Law of the then
University of Singapore in 1969 and joined the judicial and legal service as
magistrate in Kangar, Perlis that same year.
He was appointed High Court judge in March 1992 and appointed to the Court
of Appeal eight years later.
On July 24, 2003, he was appointed a Federal Court judge and subsequently,
appointed as Court of Appeal president in August this year.
He has been bestowed several state honours and awards, including the Datuk
Paduka Cura SiManja Kini (DPCM) by the Perak government and the Darjah Yang
Mulia Pangkuan Negeri (DMPN) by the Penang government.
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