PUTRAJAYA: Two top posts in the judiciary, the Court of Appeal president and the Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak, have been filled. 

Datuk Abu Bakar Jais had taken his oath as the new Court of Appeal president during an elevation ceremony here yesterday. 

Datuk Azizah Nawawi took her oath as the Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak. 

In the same ceremony, six judges were elevated to the Court of Appeal. 

They are Justices Dr Shahnaz Sulaiman, Datin Paduka Evrol Mariette Peters, Ong Chee Kwan, Datuk Mohd Radzi Abdul Hamid, Leonard David Shim and Datuk Nadzarin Wok Nordin. 

Fourteen judicial commissioners were elevated to the High Court of Malaya: Maslinda @ Linda Mohd Ainal, Datuk Faridz Gohim Abdullah, Dr Choong Yeow Choy, Saiful Azian Mokhtar, Evawani Farisyta Mohammad, S. Indra Nehru, M. Sumathi, Moses Susayan, Kan Weng Hin, Dr Wendy Ooi Su Ghee, Mohd Rosli Yusoff, Dr Hazlina Hussain, Roszianayati Ahmad and Mohamad Haldar Abdul Aziz.