Sri Ram said the letter issued by Idrus is in addition to the July 8, 2020 letter issued by Idrus to him. Those two letters, Sri Ram said, should be read in context to that effect. “My appointment was made under Section 376 (3) of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC), which does not require an appointment letter or fiat is produced. “If that is the case as Sri Ram claims, then Idrus himself should have affirmed the affidavit but he did not,” the senior lawyer said. “Why did he (Sri Ram) produce a letter at the 1MDB trial and not here?

Source: The Edge Markets July 15, 2021 09:39 UTC