Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat said although judges are subjected to public criticism and are accountable to those they serve, unsubstantiated accusations made against judges and the judiciary recently have really gone overboard.

She said although citizens, including politicians, were free to criticise the judiciary to a certain extent, it did not mean it was open to them, including politicians, to level unfounded and scurrilous attacks against the judiciary or a particular judge to further their own end.