Salim Bashir Bhaskaran was elected as the new Malaysian Bar president on Saturday.<br /><br />The election was held despite the Malaysian Bar’s 74th annual general meeting failing to meet its quorum of 500 lawyers due to the Covid-19 outbreak.<br /><br />Salim replaces Datuk Abdul Fareed Abdul Gafoor.<br /><br />Read more at https://bit.ly/38SGZXE<br /><br />WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news<br />SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar<br />LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline