Judge in Najib case recuses himself

Datuk Seri Najib Razak arrived at KL court for his 1MDB corruption trial in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. - S.S.Kanesan/ The Star.

KUALA LUMPUR: A High Court judge has recused himself from hearing an application from Jonathan Laidlaw, a Queen’s Counsel (QC) of the United Kingdom to represent Datuk Seri Najib Razak in the latter’s final appeal in the case involving the misappropriation of RM42mil belonging to SRC International Sdn Bhd.

Justice Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh in his brief decision said he decided to recuse himself from hearing the application as one of his immediate family members is a very active politician and a divisional leader in the same political party as Najib, who is the appellant.