GOVT MULLS AMENDMENT ON THE RULES OF HIGH COURT

KOTA KINABALU (Malaysia), May 29 (Bernama) -- The government is mulling over
the proposed amendment on the Rules of the High Court 1980 to enable court
proceedings to be recorded digitally.

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz said
currently, all proceedings were recorded physically on paper but the proposal to
have them digitalised was relevant to the current situation.

"I have asked the Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, Liew
Vui Keong, as the law reforms committee chairman, to look into the matter
so that the (high) court proceedings were not just recorded on hard copy but
also on soft copy, that is by computerisation," he told reporters after visiting
the court complex, here Thursday.

During the visit, Mohamed Nazri also expressed his satisfaction on the
reduced backlog of cases in Sabah ever since the e-court system was introduced.

He also said that the ministry would ask for an allocation of RM260 million
to build a new court complex here, as an addition to the existing ones.

Mohamed Nazri said East Malaysia state of Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman
had already
provided a 2ha site in Likas here for the purpose and if the allocation was not
approved in the near future, it would be implemented in the 10th Malaysian Plan.

The minister said he would also convene a meeting with the Attorney-General
Abdul Ghani Patail to discuss the appointment of judges for the lower courts in
the state due to the long-standing shortage.
-- BERNAMA