KUALA LUMPUR: There is no nexus between the issues in the RM2.28bil 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) case and the past acquaintance of presiding judge Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah and former 1MDB general counsel Jasmine Loo, the High Court heard.
Deputy public prosecutor Kamal Baharin Omar said in court on Thursday that Loo's involvement in 1MDB began sometime in 2011.
"Therefore, based on this fact alone, it was clear that Your Lordship and Loo were no longer in the same firm for about six years before Your Lordship's appointment as JC," the prosecutor said. Loo was considered a fugitive and believed to have been living overseas for years until recently, when she was taken into Malaysian police custody.
DPP Kamal Baharin said Najib did not provide any explanation or evidence to show that the relationship between the judge and Loo went beyond the acquaintanceship of former colleagues. He noted that there were other judges and judicial commissioners who recused themselves from hearing cases relating to Najib and 1MDb for"far less serious grounds".
"There is as such a real danger that the learned judge would not be able to determine, nor be seen as having determined, with the necessary level of impartiality.
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