PUTRAJAYA: Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and his lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah have failed to obtain leave to appeal their bid to challenge the appointment of Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram as prosecutor in their respective criminal cases.
A three-man panel of the Federal Court, chaired by Justice Mohd Zawawi Salleh, dismissed both applications by Najib and Muhammad Shafee in a unanimous decision here on Monday .Justice Mohd Zawawi said the apex court had considered both the written and oral submissions in the applications.
"As the law is settled, we have no reason to depart from the findings of the previous court," he said.Najib, Shafee lose appeal in bid to disqualify Sri Ram as lead prosecutor in their cases On Aug 28, 2020, the High Court in Kuala Lumpur dismissed the judicial review applications by Najib and Muhammad Shafee to remove Sri Ram, a former Federal Court judge, as senior DPP in their respective cases.
Muhammad Shafee, who is also Najib's counsel, also filed for a judicial review as he too was seeking to recuse Sri Ram from his RM9.5mil money-laundering trial.
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