 He was then informed that he would be appointed Ipoh District judge, but, a month after that, still prejudiced against him being local, Koon-Teck was informed that he was being posted to Seremban as registrar of the high court, there, instead – the lowest post in the Malayan Civil Service.Koon-Teck objected.Koon-Teck wrote a letter of complaint for being sent to the lowest possible post despite all he had done to keep order in Penang, the lives he had saved, and his being cleared of all charges of collaboration.