Najib seeks to exclude judges in review

Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. -filepic

PUTRAJAYA: Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak wants four top judges to be excluded from sitting on the Federal Court’s seven-man bench to hear a review application by Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s tort of misfeasance in public office lawsuit.

Najib’s lawyer Datuk Mohd Hafarizam Harun told the court the appointments of Chief Justice Tan Sri Richard Malanjum, Court of Appeal president Tan Sri Ahmad Maarop, Chief Judge of Malaya Tan Sri Zaharah Ibrahim and Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Datuk David Wong Dak Wah were on the advice of Dr Mahathir.