The Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee has backed Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat’s reminder to uphold the rule of law and avoid inciting public sentiment.

Its chairperson Alvin Oh Seong Yew noted that the top judge’s reminder came on the heels of certain public statements allegedly made by counsel for one of the Islamic bodies in a Kelantan family’s bid to invalidate the east coast state’s 18 syariah criminal provisions...