Malaysian Bar objects to Najib’s application for Queen’s Counsel in SRC trial
The Malaysian Bar says Queen’s Counsel Jonathan Laidlaw does not have especial qualifications or experience in the Malaysian legal system to be called to assist ex-prime minister Najib Razak in the SRC International trial. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, June 28, 2022.
Anand said Shafee himself has extensive knowledge and vast experience as he had appeared and argued numerous cases involving criminal legal provisions and charges related to the Pekan MP’s appeal. “Today, in 2022, 65 years post-independence, the Malaysian Bar has grown in strength, quantitatively and qualitatively. We have 21,659 advocates and solicitors who are in possession of a valid Annual and Practising Certificate as of June 27, 2022.
He added that Laidlaw had not demonstrated any familiarity with Malaysia’s evolving local statutes, practices and procedures since it gained independence. The Federal Court has set 10 days in August to hear Najib’s appeal against his conviction and jail sentence for misappropriation of the company’s funds.