Court upholds Sri Ram as prosecutor in Najib’s 1MDB-linked cases

Hidir Reduan Abdul RashidPublished: Nov 8, 2021 2:56 AM | Updated: Nov 8, 2021 4:05 AM

Najib Abdul Razak has failed again to recuse former federal court judge Gopal Sri Ram from prosecuting the former prime minister’s 1MDB-linked court cases.

Today’s three-person Court of Appeal bench, chaired by judge Yaacob Md Sam and also comprised judges Lee Heng Cheong and Che Mohd Ruzima Ghazali, unanimously dismissed Najib’s appeal to disqualify ad-hoc deputy public prosecutor Sri Ram.

The bench ruled that...

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