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PUTRAJAYA – Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat appeared to have reprimanded Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s lead counsel after Hisyam Teh Poh Teik told the five-person bench that he has no oral submissions to make.
She repeatedly asked him if he has any submissions to make, and to this, he replied, “Not even on Tuesday.”
This prompted her to tell Hisyam that he has three days to prepare.
“Don’t tell us that you are not prepared to even submit on any of the 94 grounds in the petition of appeal.”
Earlier, the Federal Court denied Hisyam’s application to adjourn the final appeal hearings on Tuesday and Wednesday (August 23 and 24) as he had another hearing to attend on those dates.
However, this was rejected by Tengku Maimun, who chaired a five-member bench, reiterating that there will be no adjournment for this hearing.
“Well, as we have stated many times there will be no adjournment of this appeal and Tuan Haji (Hisyam) you remain on record.”
The court then proceeded to hear oral submissions from ad hoc prosecutor Datuk V. Sithambaram. – The Vibes, August 19, 2022
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