Incompetence of Najib's previous counsel tainted final appeal, Shafee tells court


PUTRAJAYA: The defence of Datuk Seri Najib Razak at the Federal Court final appeal was tainted with incompetency of the former prime minister's former counsel, says his lawyer.

Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah claimed that the previous solicitor, Zaid Ibrahim Suflan TH Liew & Partners (ZIST), had never done criminal law in their career, especially complicated cases such as the SRC International Sdn Bhd case.

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