KUCHING: The recent controversy on THE federal government’s unconstitutional decision to relocate the Registry of the High Court of Sabah and Sarawak may have triggered a question whether it is better for both territories to have one of their own.
However, Santubong MP Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar who is also a lawyer said there is no need for another separate Registry of the High Court to be established.
“Personally, I think having one Registry of the High Court for Sabah and Sarawak is already fitting. To create another one, I think it will burden the ministry in terms of finance and human resources.
“Each registry must be adequate in terms of its administration and human resources as well as being supported by sufficient financial allocation. That is why, in the past, we have only established two registries; one for Sabah and Sarawak and another for Malaya,” he told New Sarawak Tribune when contacted yesterday.
Touching on the Registry of the High Court of Malaya, Junaidi mentioned that they have more judges compared to Sabah and Sarawak.
To him, the need for another registry of High Court may arise again in the future only when Sarawak has grown bigger and more developed to an extent that we cannot deny the fact that we need one.
“When the time comes, the peninsula will also establish several more registries of High Court of their own such as dividing them into North, South and Central,” he said.
“The establishment of a new registry will only be considered to enhance efficiency in the registry of High Court but in order to do that, the federal government has to also consider spending some money for the establishment,” he pointed out.
