Bar: Judge should have disclosed his brother is in Umno


KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court judge in the criminal proceedings involving former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak should have disclosed the fact that he has a brother with a position in Umno, says the Malaysian Bar president.

It was reported that High Court judge Justice Mohd Sofian Abd Razak, who is presiding over Najib’s abuse of power and criminal breach of trust cases, is the younger brother of Pahang state executive councillor and Benta Umno state assemblyman Datuk Seri Mohd Soffi Abdul Razak.

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