On 23 August 2022, representatives of the Singapore Family Justice Courts (FJC) and the Malaysian Judiciary met in Kuala Lumpur for a roundtable discussion on family and probate matters.
The hybrid meeting was chaired by Justice S.M. Komathy Suppiah, High Court Judge of Shah Alam, and attended by Justice Evrol Mariette Peters, High Court Judge of Kuala Lumpur; Mdm Zaharah binti Hussain, Registrar of the High Court of Malaya; and Mr Nixon Kennedy Kumbong, Registrar of the High Court of Sabah and Sarawak. The FJC delegation was led by its Presiding Judge, Justice Debbie Ong, and its Deputy Presiding Judge, Mr Chia Wee Kiat, with attendance in person by Registrar Mr Kenneth Yap, District Judge Darryl Soh and Assistant Registrar Mr Tan Zhi Xiang.
The delegations briefed each other on their respective judicial structures, updated one another on recent developments in their respective jurisdictions, and explored potential areas of deepening judicial cooperation between the two judiciaries.
The roundtable discussion saw a mix of in-person attendees (above left) and others who joined remotely, including Justice Debbie Ong.
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Last updated on 21 September 2023.