High Court dismisses Petronas application for judicial commissioner to recuse himself


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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