COA judge can file police report to seek protection - minister

If Court of Appeal judge Hamid Sultan Abu Backer feels threatened over claims of judicial impropriety that he made in an affidavit last week, he can lodge a police report to seek increased security, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Liew Vui Keong.

"As a judge, I think he has security with him. If he feels his life has been threatened, then he has the right to lodge a police report and the police can investigate...