Were allegations against Terrirudin ever investigated, Latheefa asks

Were allegations against Terrirudin ever investigated, Latheefa asks


Published: Nov 19, 2025 4:02 PM
Updated: 9:54 PM



The appointment of Federal Court judge Ahmad Terrirudin Salleh to the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) is simply unacceptable, lawyer Latheefa Koya said.

She said this is because serious allegations against Terrirudin remain unresolved.

In a statement today, she asked whether those allegations were even investigated in the first place.

"What happened to the investigation or inquiry into the allegations? Or was there any? What is the outcome? Why the silence on this from Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and the government?"

Latheefa (above) was referring to a purported leak of JAC meeting minutes from a session in May, in which a now-retired judge reportedly alleged that Terrirudin was interfering with the judiciary.

The authenticity of the leak has never been confirmed.

Calls for RCI

The leak had prompted calls from various quarters, including PKR deputy president Nurul Izzah Anwar, for there to be a royal commission of inquiry or tribunal to investigate the claims made in the leak.

Thus far, the only investigations that have been announced on this matter are a police probe to determine the source of the leak, as well as a probe against Malaysiakini.

The probe against Malaysiakini is over questions the news portal had posed to a judge about allegations that were similar to those contained in the leak.

The judge had ordered an aide to lodge the report against Malaysiakini after the questions were asked.

However, the scandal and questions about the case ceased after Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh was elevated as chief justice following the retirement of Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat.

Terrirudin was appointed to the JAC under the quota of five executive-picked members of the JAC.

Federal Court judge Ahmad Terrirudin Salleh


Under that quota, the prime minister can appoint one Federal Court judge and four eminent persons who are not members of the executive or other public service.

The other four members, who are automatically appointed by virtue of their position in the judiciary, are the chief justice, who is also the commission’s chairperson, the Court of Appeal president, and the two chief judges representing East and West Malaysia.