PUTRAJAYA: Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat should have stepped down from chairing the appeal of Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s SRC International Sdn Bhd case, as she allegedly has a conflict of interest due to her husband’s Facebook posting, the Federal Court was told.
The former premier’s counsel, Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, said this was because the top judge’s husband had blamed Najib in 2018 for the downfall of 1Malaysia Development Berhad and its former subsidiary SRC International.
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