KUALA LUMPUR: Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has failed to recuse ad hoc prosecutor Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram from leading the prosecution team in his 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) audit report tampering trial.
KUALA LUMPUR: Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has failed to recuse ad hoc prosecutor Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram from leading the prosecution team in his 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) audit report tampering trial.
Published on: Thursday, January 28, 2021
By: Bernama
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Pekan MP had applied to disqualify Sri Ram from leading the prosecution team in Najib’s on-going trial over alleged tampering of the 1MDB report before Justice Mohamed Zaini Mazlan. (Photo by The Edge)
Kuala Lumpur: The High Court heard that no courts have found former Federal Court judge, Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram guilty of prosecutorial misconduct for him to be disqualified from conducting Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) audit report tampering trial.
Deputy public prosecutor, Ahmad Akram Gharib stated this during the hearing of the application by the Pekan MP to disqualify Sri Ram from leading the prosecution team in Najib’s on-going trial over alleged tampering of the 1MDB report before Justice Mohamed Zaini Mazlan.
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 27): The Kuala Lumpur High Court has fixed Feb 15 to deliver its decision on whether former Federal Court judge Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram should be recused from leading the prosecution team in the four trials of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak that are related to 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).
High Court Judge Justice Mohamed Zaini Mazlan said he needed about three weeks to decide on the matter after hearing submissions from both lead defence counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah and Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Ahmad Akram Gharib today.
In his submission, Muhammad Shafee mainly argued that Sri Ram had displayed bias and bad faith by allegedly having preconceived and predetermined notions of Najib’s guilt before he was charged in any court.
Published on: Wednesday, January 27, 2021
By: Bernama
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Datuk Seri Najib Razak checks his phone at the Kuala Lumpur High Court January 6, 2021. (Malay Mail)
Kuala Lumpur: Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s bid to disqualify Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram as prosecutor in the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) audit tampering case trial will be heard today (Wednesday) at the High Court as scheduled.
On Jan 12, the Federal Court Chief Registrar’s Office in a statement said that all hearings of criminal cases in open court initially scheduled for Jan 13 until Jan 26 were postponed following re-implementation of the Movement Control Order (MCO) to curb the spread of Covid-19.