{"id":4806,"date":"2026-05-20T16:46:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T08:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kulliyyah.iium.edu.my\/aikol\/?p=4806"},"modified":"2026-05-20T16:46:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T08:46:59","slug":"distinguished-federal-court-judge-shares-insights-on-judicial-integrity-at-aikol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kulliyyah.iium.edu.my\/aikol\/distinguished-federal-court-judge-shares-insights-on-judicial-integrity-at-aikol\/","title":{"rendered":"DISTINGUISHED FEDERAL COURT JUDGE SHARES INSIGHTS ON JUDICIAL INTEGRITY AT AIKOL"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4806\" class=\"elementor elementor-4806\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a60d32e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a60d32e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-51d3840\" data-id=\"51d3840\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9826c3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9826c3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kulliyyah.iium.edu.my\/aikol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-04-17-at-20.34.01-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4809\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kulliyyah.iium.edu.my\/aikol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-04-17-at-20.34.01-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/kulliyyah.iium.edu.my\/aikol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-04-17-at-20.34.01-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/kulliyyah.iium.edu.my\/aikol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-04-17-at-20.34.01-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kulliyyah.iium.edu.my\/aikol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-04-17-at-20.34.01-500x375.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/kulliyyah.iium.edu.my\/aikol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-04-17-at-20.34.01-800x600.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/kulliyyah.iium.edu.my\/aikol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-04-17-at-20.34.01.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-203076c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"203076c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d15856a\" data-id=\"d15856a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d23653 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d23653\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>GOMBAK, 16 April 2026 \u2013 The Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws (AIKOL), International Islamic University Malaysia, hosted a distinguished academic session titled <em>\u201cA Journey to the Federal Court: Issues That Challenge the Integrity of a Federal Court Judge and the Sacrifices He Must Make\u201d<\/em>, featuring esteemed speaker Datuk Vernon Ong Lam Kiat, a retired Federal Court judge.<\/p><p>Held at Lecture Room 3.10, the session brought together students and members of the faculty for an engaging and thought-provoking discourse on the realities of judicial service at the highest level of Malaysia\u2019s legal system. 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