Rungit Singh A/L Jaswant Singh, a Malaysian aged 68, was appointed to the Board on 22 August 2022. He is also Chairman of Nomination Committee and member of the Audit and Remuneration Committee.

Mr. Rungit graduated with an LL.B. (Hons) degree from the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. He was awarded the Paduka Mahkota Perak (P.M.P.) in 2007 by the Perak Government of Malaysia. In the same year, he was also bestowed the Johan Setia Mahkota (J.S.M.) by the Government of Malaysia.

He was a Deputy Public Prosecutor in the Attorney - General's Chambers, Kuala Lumpur and Perak State Legal Advisor's office for three (3) years before a short stint as a Legal Officer in the Ministry of Defence.

In 1982, he was a Senior Magistrate in the Kuala Lumpur Magistrate's Courts. He was then promoted to the rank of Sessions Court Judge in 1987. He served as a Sessions Court Judge for sixteen (16) years in various courts in Malaysia.

In 2003, he was again posted to the Attorney General's Chambers as a Senior Federal Counsel in the Law Revision and Law Reform Division. On 1 October 2004, he was promoted as Chairman of The Tribunal for Customer Claims Malaysia.

On 16 February 2010, he was appointed as Chairman of the Customs Appeal Tribunal, Ministry of Finance and he retired from this post on 4 July 2015 upon attaining the mandatory retirement age.


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