Prosecution opposes QC’s application to defend Najib


KUALA LUMPUR: A foreign lawyer who lacks knowledge of the domestic criminal laws and procedures could not possibly have special qualifications or experience applicable to the RM42mil SRC International Sdn Bhd’s appeal at the Federal Court, the prosecution said.

In an affidavit-in-opposition, the prosecution contended it to be “strange” that out of the 21,625 lawyers in the country, none was equipped to defend the said charges faced by Datuk Seri Najib Razak when the Pekan MP’s lead counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah himself and his team defended the appellant (Najib) at the High Court to the Federal Court.

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