Kuala Lumpur: The outcome of Najib Razak’s application to recuse the trial judge from hearing his 1MDB case will be known tomorrow.
Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah fixed the decision date after hearing lengthy arguments from the former prime minister’s lawyer Shafee Abdullah and deputy public prosecutor Kamal Bahrin Omar.Najib had on Monday filed an application to recuse Sequerah, following the judge’s disclosure last month that former 1MDB general counsel Loo Ai Swan and he had been partners in a law firm. The defence is also seeking an order for the case to start afresh, or continue, before another judge.
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