PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court here has dismissed a preliminary objection by Datuk Seri Najib Razak in his bid to recuse a Court of Appeal judge from sitting on the panel presiding over his review application for the SRC International Sdn Bhd case.
Justice Abdul Rahman Sebli - who chaired the five-judge panel - said that the court was not persuaded by Najib's lead counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah's argument that Justice Abu Bakar Jais should recuse himself from hearing the matter.
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