Court of Appeal Judge Azizah Nawawi has recused herself from hearing former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s appeal to reinstate his lawsuit against former attorney general (AG) Tan Sri Tommy Thomas.
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00:00 Court of Appeal Judge Datuk Azizah Nawawi has recused herself from hearing Datuk Sri
00:06 Najib Razak's appeal to reinstate his RM1.9 million lawsuit against former AG, Tonsri
00:12 Tommy Thomas, for alleged misfeasance in public office.
00:16 Justice Azizah, who chaired the Court of Appeal three-man bench, said she was minded to recuse
00:21 herself for the simple reason that her husband was directly under Thomas at that time and
00:26 on the basis that the case is of public interest.
00:30 She then asked parties whether they are objecting to her presiding over Najib's appeal.
00:35 Najib's counsel, Datuk Firuz Hussain Ahmad Jamaluddin, told the court that the instruction
00:39 from his client is to object since Thomas is the subject matter of the proceeding.
00:45 Lawyer Alan Adrian Gomez, representing Thomas, said they are not objecting as he has not
00:50 heard of any grounds, suggesting there was a real danger of bias if Justice Azizah hears
00:56 the appeal.
00:58 Justice Azizah then ordered the date to be fixed for case management to set the hearing
01:02 date for the appeal.
01:05 The bench, which also comprised Justice Datuk C Mi Chun and Datuk Lim Chong Fong, was supposed
01:10 to hear Najib's appeal on Wednesday to reinstate his suit against Thomas.
01:15 The suit was struck out by the High Court on November 25 last year.
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