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13 Sing. L. Rev. 60 (1992)
Judiciary under Siege

handle is hein.journals/singlrev13 and id is 64 raw text is: Judiciary Under Siege? INTRODUCTION The late 1980s and early 90s were a truly tumultuous period for the development ofthejudiciary and the rule of law in both Singapore and Malaysia. Two events caught the attention of lawyers and non-lawyers alike, both locally and abroad. They were the Malaysian Tun Salleh Abas Affair and the Marxist Conspiracy in Singapore. As the localjudiciary gears up to the challenges ofthe 90s, it would perhaps be useful to remind ourselves of these events, and of other related occurrences which illustrate the eternal conflict between Execu- tive power and Judicial independence. The primary focus of this article shall be the above-mentioned events. There will then be an attempt at comparison with the English, and the Israeli experience. Hopefully, this will illustrate the disparity in the importance accorded to an independentjudicial attitude, locally, and abroad. JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE In any Constitutional Government, it is axiomatic that there must be a separation of powers. Since the time of Montesquieu, the ideal