PUTRAJAYA, Sept 10 — High Court Judge Alice Loke Yee Ching today took her oath of office and allegiance as a Court of Appeal judge.

Judicial Commissioner Elaine Yap Chin Gaik, meanwhile, took her oath of office and allegiance as a High Court judge.

Loke took her oath before Court of Appeal President Datuk Seri Abu Bakar Jais, while Yap took hers before Chief Judge of Malaya Datuk Seri Hashim Hamzah.

Also present at the swearing-in ceremony were Chief Justice Tun Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh and Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Datuk Azizah Nawawi.

Loke, 64, who hails from Taiping, Perak, is formerly the head of the Civil Division at the Attorney General’s Chambers. She was appointed a High Court Judicial Commissioner on July 10, 2020.

As a Kuala Lumpur High Court judge in the Special Powers Division, Loke presided over former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s judicial review application concerning an alleged addendum order that would have allowed him to serve the remainder of his prison sentence under house arrest.

Meanwhile, Yap, 53, who hails from Penang, was appointed a High Court Judicial Commissioner on Aug 28, 2024, and confirmed as a High Court judge on Nov 3, 2025.

Prior to her appointment as a Judicial Commissioner, she was the sole proprietor of the law firm Elaine Yap Law Office. She currently serves in the Commercial Division of the Kuala Lumpur High Court.

Both appointments take effect today. — Bernama