KUALA LUMPUR: Former chief judge of Malaya Zaharah Ibrahim has been appointed chairman of government-linked, public transport owner and operator Prasarana Group, effective today.
In a statement, Prasarana said Zaharah is filling the vacancy left by Khalid Abu Bakar, who resigned on Aug 17 last year.
Born in Johor Bahru in 1952, Zaharah graduated with a honours degree in law from Universiti Malaya and began serving in the judiciary and legal service from April 1977.
After her retirement from the service, she was appointed a judicial commissioner on Aug 1, 2004 and placed in the Civil Division of the Kuala Lumpur High Court. On Oct 1, 2004, she moved to the Criminal Division of the Shah Alam High Court.
She was appointed a High Court judge on July 28, 2006, before becoming an Appeals Court judge on April 14, 2010, and a Federal Court judge on Feb 16, 2015.
Zaharah was appointed chief judge of Malaya on July 17, 2018 and retired in May this year. - FMT
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