Sarawak assistant ministers Datuk Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali (left) and Datuk Sebastian Ting looking through the written grounds of the decision at the Kuching court complex. ZULAZHAR SHEBLEE / THE STAR
KUCHING: The High Court here has dismissed Petronas' application for a judicial commissioner to recuse himself from hearing the Sarawak government's lawsuit against the national oil corporation for not paying the 5% state sales tax on petroleum products.
Judicial Commissioner Christopher Chin said there was no real possibility of perceived bias by fair-minded observers of whatever decision he would make in the case.
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