Malaysia’s top two judges quit

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia’s top two judges are resigning, court officials said yesterday, the latest senior public servants to leave their posts since the former government lost power.

Chief Justice Raus Sharif and Court of Appeal president Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin are to step down on July 31, a judiciary statement said. They are the latest senior officials to quit, or be forced from, their jobs since Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad won a shock election victory last month on a pledge to clean up a government beset by scandal and other abuses.