He says there are seven other members in the RCI to help the former chief justice who is the chairman.
The RCI has been given six months to look into the human trafficking camps and mass graves discovered in Wang Kelian in May 2015.
“This is a separate matter. Arifin will only lead a royal commission of inquiry with other eminent persons to carry out their task as guided by the terms of reference,” he told FMT. Home Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, who announced Arifin’s appointment to lead the RCI, said former inspector-general of police Norian Mai and six other members would assist him.
He also cited Arifin’s role in upholding the sodomy conviction of PKR’s Anwar Ibrahim, and his advice to the king that Raus Sharif and Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin be appointed as additional judges in the Federal Court.
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