The sources also said Federal Court judge Zabidin Diah will be made Chief Judge of Malaya.
Abang Iskandar, 63, and Zabidin, 65, have been performing the functions and duties of these positions since last November.
The posts of Court of Appeal president and Chief Judge of Malaya are the second and third highest on the judicial ladder, respectively.
Federal Court judge Abdul Rahman Sebli, 63, will assume the role of the Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak, taking over from Abang Iskandar, the sources said.
They are expected to receive their appointment letters from the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, tomorrow morning before taking their oaths of office at the Palace of Justice in the afternoon.
At the same time, Court of Appeal judge Nordin Hassan will be elevated to become a Federal Court judge.
High Court judges Azman Abdullah, Azimah Omar, Collin Lawrence Sequerah, Zaini Mazlan, Wong Kian Keong and Lim Chong Fong will be elevated to the Court of Appeal.
Sequerah is the trial judge in former prime minister Najib Razak’s ongoing RM2.3 billion 1MDB corruption trial. He is also the trial judge in deputy prime minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s corruption, criminal breach of trust and money laundering trial.
Zaini is presiding over Najib’s ongoing audit report tampering case. He also presided over Rosmah Mansor’s RM1.25 billion Sarawak rural schools’ solar energy project corruption case. He found Rosmah guilty of the charges in September last year.
Eleven judicial commissioners will be confirmed as High Court judges while five from the Bar and Judicial and Legal Services will be appointed judicial commissioners.
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