Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat has come under attack from the supporters of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak after the panel of 5-judges unanimous rejected Najib’s bid to once again delay the hearing of his case.
On social media, Twitter user @bossku_team made an offending tweet when replying to another user who called for Tengku Maimun to recuse herself from former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s ongoing final appeal hearing at the Federal Court.
It started with Twitter user @Ayahanda_MD questioning the chief justice’s decisions and accused her of bias due to her husband’s alleged political involvement.
Pada pandangan peribadi saya Tengku Maimun perlu menarik diri mengetuai kes rayuan bossku @NajibRazak kerana setiap keputusan beliau buat boleh dipersoal oleh rakyat atas sebab kepentingan dunia politik suami beliau. DIMANA MARUAH SISTEM PERUNDANGAN? @zlk69 @umnoonline @1rmf5 pic.twitter.com/Wj8kRVKWQk
— AyahandaMD (@Ayahanda_MD) August 18, 2022
However, other netizens who disagree with this remark called for the police to investigate the Twitter user who purportedly threatened chief justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat and her husband Datuk Zamani Ibrahim.
“@PDRMsia, this is a threat to the chief justice,” a netizen said.
“Hello @PDRMsia. Isn’t this a form of threat against the chief justice? Please take appropriate action,” another netizen said.
Wow ugut bunuh Ketua Hakim Negara. https://t.co/2EpM8fvdXD
— 🏴 Isyraq Salleh 🏴 (@mohdisyraq) August 19, 2022
“@PDRMsia. This is a direct and violent threat against a judge and Parliament member. You need to bring this person in for questioning & determine if their threats are legitimate or not,” one netizen tweeted.
Meanwhile, the MUDA central executive committee member and lawyer Lim Wei Jiet has also commented on the matter and said the tweet was outrageous and a form of criminal intimidation.
On the other hand, some netizens said the tweet was “irrelevant” and and that their opinion does not matter.
This is criminal intimidation.
— Lim Wei Jiet (@limweijiet) August 19, 2022
This is outrageous.
UMNO-BN stop this incitement to violence. https://t.co/d0sbDzKqwE
Currently, the Federal Court is hearing Najib’s final appeal against his conviction over the SRC International Sdn Bhd case.
Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat is part of the five-person bench, with the other four judges being Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Tan Sri Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim, Federal Court judges Datuk Nallini Pathmanathan, Datuk Mary Lim Thiam Suan and Datuk Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah.
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