KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 18 -- Federal Court judge Tan Sri Ahmad Terrirudin Mohd Salleh has been appointed to the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC), a body which filters and selects candidates to be appointed or promoted as judges.

In a federal government gazetted published yesterday, the Malaysian government announced that the prime minister has appointed Terrirudin to be a JAC member for a two-year period from November 15 this year until November 14, 2027.

About one year ago on November 12, then 56-year-old Terrirudin was sworn in as a Federal Court judge.

The Universiti Malaya law graduate's career since 1992 had included a stint of nearly three years as the Federal Court's chief registrar from May 2019 to March 2022, as solicitor ge...