KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court will proceed with the hearing of a suit over Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad linked to Bank Negara’s foreign exchange losses, following its dismissal of his application to recuse the judge from hearing his case.
Justice Azizah Nawawi (pic) dismissed the Prime Minister’s application to recuse her, saying that Dr Mahathir, who is the plaintiff, should show that there was a real danger of bias and not just a reasonable suspicion of bias on the part of the court to hear the case.
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