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KUALA LUMPUR, July 7 – Liberty's lawyers today questioned the speed with which the Federal Court clarified the selection of the High Court judge in criminal and corruption prosecutions. former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak. Surendran noted that the statement of the Chief Registrar of the Federal Court was issued shortly after the reports on Judge Datuk Mohd Sofian Abd Razak were the younger brother of a deputy of Pahang Umno, Datuk Seri Mohd Soffi Abdul Razak
for the CJ (Chief Justice) or his clerk to publish such a statement. (The Clerk who issued the statement is an official who works according to the instructions of the CJ.)
"Why did the Federal Court or the CJ rush to publicly defend the choice of Judge Sofian to preside over the case? case?" In a statement
he pointed out that the case should have been left in the hands of the Najib defense attorney to file a complaint or to challenge the judge
. in question could do the "right thing" by disclosing his relationship to the court and withdrawing without waiting for a challenge.
The clerk of the court yesterday issued a statement that the judge was randomly selected by the online court system. , which has been implemented for all criminal cases filed in Kuala Lumpur since June of last year.
In the wake of the so-called political bond, the Malaysian Bar called on the judge to recuse himself.
Najib claimed Wednesday a lawsuit for breach of trust and corruption charges against SRC International Sdn Bhd, a former subsidiary of 1Malaysia Development Berhad.
The High Court set the case management for August 8th. 19659011]
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