The court will also hear the former prime minister's appeal against the High Court refusal to grant him a stay of trial on his 1MDB charges.
PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal will hear on April 10 Najib Razak’s appeal against a High Court dismissal of his application to disqualify lawyer Gopal Sri Ram from leading the prosecution team in his 1MDB cases.
Senior deputy registrar Yasmin Abdul Razak set the hearing date when the matter came up before her for case management today.On March 1 this year, High Court judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah dismissed Najib’s application to disqualify Sri Ram, a retired Federal Court judge. He also dismissed Najib’s application to temporarily suspend the trial which is scheduled for April 15 to May 3, pending disposal of the former prime minister’s appeal to disqualify Sri Ram.
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