'No regrets': Chief Justice Tengku Maimun bids farewell

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Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat on Tuesday (July 1) expressed "no regrets" after exactly six years of leading Malaysia's judiciary.  She acknowledged that public responses in recent months and speeches by lawyers at her final court sitting suggest she has "to an extent been able to restore public confidence in the judiciary" - a legacy she hopes will continue under her successor.   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Thank you!

00:30No, you didn't.

00:32No, you didn't.

00:40You can help me.

00:42You can help me.

00:46One, two.

00:50What is my greatest achievement?

00:52Even I don't know whether I have achieved anything

00:54or not, I don't think it's fair for me

00:56to self-clorify.

00:58What do you think is the most important judgment

01:00that you make?

01:02A few. I think there's a few.

01:04I think those judgments that have

01:06attracted so much public comments

01:08or criticism

01:10to me that would be the important judgments.

01:12What is your greatest achievement?

01:14No regrets.

01:16It has been a great privilege

01:18and honor

01:20to serve as Malaysian judiciary

01:22to serve as the 16th

01:24Chief Justice of Malaysian judiciary

01:26and Alhamdulillah

01:28I think Allah has eased my affairs

01:30sebab sepanjang 6 tahun

01:32it has been...

01:34Things have been easy

01:36relatively.

01:38And I think that is all because

01:40of the grace and blessings of Allah.

01:42Are you sad that they didn't extend your retirement?

01:44No, not really.

01:46Because you know why?

01:48I think being a Chief Justice

01:50was never my dream.

01:52So when you don't...

01:54It's not your dream to be whatever

01:56and you are in that position

01:58for six years

02:00and I have completed that term

02:02whether I have achieved

02:06you know, whatever

02:08whether I have achieved anything great

02:10or not, as I was saying

02:12this isn't up to me to say

02:14but all I can say is that

02:16I have served six years

02:18exactly six years

02:20from 2nd May 2019

02:22until...

02:24one day less than six years

02:26until 1st July 2025

02:28in the good health

02:30and I think that is itself

02:32a blessing

02:34and no regrets

02:36because the fact that I have completed

02:38my term as the Chief Justice

02:40so the fact that I have not been extended

02:42for another six months

02:44that's no issue.

02:46No issue at all.

02:47Six months is not significant

02:49compared to the six years.

02:51What is your hope on the judiciary after that?

02:54Well, my only hope is that

02:56if going by the public

02:58or rather the responses

03:00that I have received from the public

03:02these last few months especially

03:04and this morning from the speeches

03:06that the lawyers made

03:08in the open court

03:10at my last sitting

03:12I think to an extent

03:14I have been able to restore

03:16public confidence in the judiciary

03:18so my hope

03:20and my prayer is that

03:22that legacy

03:24would be continued

03:26by whoever succeeds me

03:28particularly and of course

03:30by all judges

03:32who remain in office generally

03:34and another thing is this

03:36to take this opportunity

03:38to say thank you very much

03:39to the bar

03:40especially the

03:42Bar Consul of Malaysia

03:43and of course generally

03:44all the lawyers

03:45including the lawyers

03:46in Sabah and Sarawak

03:47for giving me

03:48strong support

03:49because I think

03:50they understand

03:51that the

03:52the strength of the judiciary

03:54depends very much

03:55on the strength of the bar

03:56so I am really appreciative

03:58and I truly appreciate

04:00their support

04:01and also of course

04:03the support of many people

04:04out there

04:05individually

04:06you know

04:07any other bodies

04:08that have been supporting

04:09the judiciary

04:10I really thank them

04:11for all that

04:12thank you

04:13thank you

04:14thank you

04:15for the

04:29all the best

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