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.
The Federal Court Thursday struck out lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah’s (pic) application to obtain leave to appeal against the Court of Appeal’s refusal to expunge an affidavit containing the allegation that he had received RM9.5 million from Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak
Note: This story has been amended for accuracy.
PUTRAJAYA (Jan 21): Lawyer Tan Sri Shafee Abdullah has failed in his leave application to have the Federal Court hear the merits to expunge an affidavit related to the money laundering and tax evasion charges against him involving RM9.5 million, which is alleged to have come from 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), here today.
The matter will now be heard in the Court of Appeal on March 5.
Shafee s counsel Harvinderjit Singh agreed to withdraw the leave to appeal application if parties were in agreement that the issue of the admissibility of the affidavit had not been determined.
PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court today struck out lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah’s application to obtain leave to appeal against the Court of App.