(MM) – Former Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat officially launched her book Behind the Gavel today, providing would-be readers with deeper insight into the experiences of the country’s first female top judge. Now retired, Tengku Maimun said she still finds it hard to believe she spent six years of her life as Chief Justice and that someone thought her tenure worthy of a book. “The larger issue that I must highlight, as I have repeatedly done as Chief Justice, is the matter of judicial independence and integrity. “The public’s eyes, including mine, are on the government and the next Chief Justice on how they lift up the standards of judicial independence and integrity,” she said. Today’s launch event was also graced by Chief Justice of Singapore Sundaresh Menon, and included distinguished individuals from both the judiciary and the Malaysian legal profession.