PUTRAJAYA: The defence of Datuk Seri Najib Razak at the Federal Court final appeal was tainted with incompetency of the former prime minister's former counsel, says his lawyer.
Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah claimed that the previous solicitor, Zaid Ibrahim Suflan TH Liew & Partners , had never done criminal law in their career, especially complicated cases such as the SRC International Sdn Bhd case.
According to Muhammad Shafee, Najib's legal fiasco during the final appeal began after the Kuala Lumpur High Court dismissed his application to have Queen's Counsel Jonathan Laidlaw on July 21 and 22. He said Najib had replaced his firm, Messrs Shafee & Co, upon the advice of Zaid and Zaid's Singaporean partner Niru Pillai.
"But Hisyam came in with no clue what it's all about, given the 179 volumes of just the appeal records alone," Muhammad Shafee said. "It is therefore mind boggling for the Federal Court not to grant this adjournment between three and four months to enable the new solicitors and counsel to be effectively prepared," Muhammad Shafee said.
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