JC Azhar reminds all parties not to make comments on Syed Saddiq's case


KUALA LUMPUR: Judicial Commissioner (JC) Datuk Azhar Abdul Hamid, the judge in the trial of former minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman (pic) on four charges of criminal breach of trust (CBT), misappropriation of funds and money laundering, has reminded all parties not to make any comments on the ongoing trial.

JC Azhar issued the reminder on Monday (July 4) after deputy public prosecutor Datuk Wan Shaharuddin Wan Ladin told the court that a police report had been lodged against one of Syed Saddiq’s lawyers, Lim Wei Jit, for making comments on the trial and revealing his defence trial at a press conference on June 21.

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