#KiniNews: Court dismisses Najib's bid to recuse COA judge in his SRC review

[KiniNews] The Federal Court today heard the latest bid by Najib Abdul Razak to overturn his guilty verdict as well as the 12-year jail sentence and RM210 million fine in a corruption case involving RM42 million of funds from SRC International.

Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Abdul Rahman Sebli chaired the five-person apex court bench. Others on the bench were Federal Court judges Vernon Ong Lam Kiat, Rhodzariah Bujang, and Nordin Hassan, as well as Court of Appeal judge Abu Bakar Jais.

Veteran lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah led an eight-person legal team representing the former prime minister while ad hoc deputy public prosecutor and veteran legal practitioner V Sithambaram led a five-person prosecution team.

After several hours of oral submission by both parties, the court allowed an application by Shafee to adjourn the proceedings to Feb 20 and 22.

Earlier, the court had dismissed the preliminary objection by Najib's legal team to recuse Abu Bakar Jais from being part of the apex bench hearing the SRC review.

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