Judge recuses himself from hearing QC's bid to represent Najib in final SRC appeal


A file picture of Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh when he was still involved in politics and before he joined the judiciary.

KUALA LUMPUR: A High Court judge has recused himself from hearing an application from Jonathan Laidlaw, a Queen's Counsel (QC) from the United Kingdom, to represent Datuk Seri Najib Razak in the latter’s final appeal in the case involving the misappropriation of RM42mil belonging to SRC International Sdn Bhd.

Justice Datuk Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh, in his brief decision, said he decided to recuse himself from hearing the application as one of his immediate family members was a very active politician and a divisional leader in the same political party as Najib, who is the appellant.

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