Court postpones hearing to challenge Sri Ram appointment as Najib's prosecutor

Bede Hong Bede Hong Updated 7 years ago · Published on 29 Jan 2019 4:43PM · 3 Comments

Gopal Sri Ram leaving the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court on January 16, 2019. The hearing for Najib Razak's leave application to challenge the appointment of Sri Ram as lead prosecutor for his criminal cases has been postponed. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Afif Abd Halim, January 29, 2019.

A HEARING on a leave application by former prime minister Najib Razak to challenge the appointment of Gopal Sri Ram as lead prosecutor for his criminal cases has been postponed. 

The Kuala Lumpur High Court’s appellate and special powers division has not set a new date for application to be heard. 

Najib’s lawyers had filed an application for a judicial review to challenge the appointment of Sri Ram for Najib’s corruption and money-laundering charges linked to 1Malaysia Development Bhd. 

Sri Ram, a retired federal court judge, was appointed senior deputy public prosecutor on August 31 last year.

Sri Ram is acting as fiat prosecutor against Najib in the 39 charges related to 1Malaysia Development Bhd, its subsidiary SRC International Sdn Bhd, the government settlement with International Petroleum Investment Company and the alleged alteration of the 1MDB audit report. 

Sri Ram is also acting against Najib’s lead counsel Shafee Abdullah in a money-laundering case involving RM9.5 million.

Last year, Najib has also filed a complimentary notice of motion to disqualify Sri Ram at the high court’s criminal division. 

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  • How long are the courts going to take before justice can be seen to be done. All these postponements seem to favour only one party and the danger is when the public perceives that the judges are procrastinating to the detriment of public interest.

    Posted 7 years ago by Panchen Low · Reply

  • Its sickening...........

    Posted 7 years ago by Azis Yusoff · Reply

  • Next time Jibby shows up, put him in orange suit . That is the rule of law. Enforce it or he keeps pissing the court

    Posted 7 years ago by Duh Duh · Reply