KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 14 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak today filed an application to remove High Court judge Datuk Collin Lawrence Sequerah from continuing to hear his ongoing trial over...
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 14 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak today filed an application to remove High Court judge Datuk Collin Lawrence Sequerah from continuing to hear his ongoing trial over RM2.28 billion of 1Malaysia Development Berhad's funds.Najib's lead defence lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah said the application was filed this morning on his client's instructions, before hearing started.
Shafee listed the three possible consequences if Seuerah allows the application to recuse himself, including the nullification of the entire 1MDB trial and for an order to discharge and acquittal of Najib.
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