Zaid questions Bar Council's 'pressure-filled statement' over Najib pardon


PETALING JAYA: Senior lawyer Datuk Zaid Ibrahim has lambasted the Bar Council for its statement that a royal pardon for former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak would make a mockery of the national justice system.

In a Facebook post on Wednesday (Sept 14), Zaid questioned the Bar Council's motive behind the statement.

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