Congratulations to the Malaysian Bar Council for rising to the occasion in the face of naked assault on our judicial system as highlighted by the explosive video clip that exposes evil political manipulation of the judiciary.

The council has called on the government to immediately set up a royal commission of inquiry to get to the bottom of the depraved state of our judicial system.

And to demonstrate the Bar's resolve, it has unprecedentedly called on members to march from the Palace of Justice to the Prime Minister's Department in Putrajaya to deliver the memorandum of request to the cabinet on Sept 26.

It is indeed heartening to see the Malaysian Bar living up to its role as vanguard in the defence of judicial integrity.