As the country’s top judges exit, the Malaysian Bar reminds Putrajaya of the 1988 legal saga - a constitutional crisis that saw executive interference in the judiciary.

In a statement, its president Ezri Abdul Wahab took the federal government to task over the non-extension of Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat’s tenure, whose term ended yesterday without any clear succession plan.

“The lack of transparency surrounding the non-extension of...