KUCHING: The judiciary will step up its mobile courts programme in Sabah and Sarawak, not only in remote areas, but also for the urban poor.
Chief Justice Tan Sri Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat said the mobile courts were part of efforts to bring justice to rural and remote communities where it was not feasible to set up physical court buildings.
"For this reason, the judiciary proposes to continue with its mobile courts programme with greater vigour," she said in her keynote address at the national colloquium on access to justice here Thursday , organised by the judiciary and United Nations Development Programme Malaysia."We will find that financial remoteness exists in urban areas as much as they do in more rural ones.
"If one cannot access the courts, the courts will then make an active effort to reach out to them," she said. For instance, she said the new e-Jamin, or electronic bail system, enabled bailors to open a bail account via an app instead of having to travel between the court and bank to do so.
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