“As justice must not only be done but seen to be done...I, therefore, recuse myself from hearing this appeal for the cause of justice,” Justice Hanipah said theSun theSundaily recuse judge court law justice Malaysianews
: Court of Appeal Judge Datuk Hanipah Farikullah has recused herself from hearing former Attorney-General Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali’s appeal against a High Court’s dismissal of his RM10 million defamation lawsuit against Tan Sri Lim Kit Siang.
“The second issue is the exercise of the appellant’s discretionary power on mutual legal assistance and also to exonerate the then prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak from any wrongdoing at the High Court. Earlier, Sangeet sought the recusal as Hanipah, who was the Kuala Lumpur High Court judge in 2016, had dismissed the leave application for judicial review by former Batu Kawan UMNO vice-chief Datuk Seri Khairuddin Abu Hassan to challenge Mohamed Apandi’s decision to close the investigation over 1MDB scandal and to exonerate Najib of any wrongdoing over involvement in the 1MDB matter.