KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah failed in his applications to obtain the appointment letter of Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram as senior deputy public prosecutor and also to recuse the former Federal Court judge from leading the prosecution team. High Court judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah dismissed the applications after hearing submissions from lawyer Harvinderjit Singh, representing Muhammad Shafee, and the prosecution, represented by deputy public prosecutor Kamal Baharin Omar. Najib had applied for the prosecution to produce Sulaiman's appointment letter, but it was dismissed by the High Court, and he appealed to the Court of Appeal, which ruled in his favour. On Muhammad Shafee's application to recuse Sri Ram from leading the prosecution team in his case, Sequerah said he based it on his own decision in dismissing Najib's application to also recuse Sri Ram from leading the prosecution team in his case involving 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) funds. He allegedly received a cheque for RM4.3mil on Sept 13, 2013, and another for RM5.2mil on Feb 17, 2014.

Source: The Star April 22, 2019 14:48 UTC