KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has dismissed an application by Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to disqualify Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram from leading the prosecution in his case involving 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).
Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah made the ruling after finding that there was no legal provision that required the appointment letter for Sri Ram to be submitted to the defence.
The judge also said Attorney General Tommy Thomas had verified Sri Ram’s appointment with a media statement.
Najib filed the application to disqualify Sri Ram in December last year.
On Sept 20, last year, Najib was slapped with four counts of corruption and 21 charges of money laundering involving RM2.3bil allegedly from 1MDB.
In the corruption charges under the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act, Najib was accused of using his position as prime minister, finance minister and chairman of the 1MDB advisory board to receive bribes on four occasions.
The money laundering charges include nine counts of receiving illegal proceeds, five counts of using illegal proceeds and seven counts of transferring the proceeds to other entities.
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