PETALING JAYA: Former law minister Datuk Zaid Ibrahim today denied media reports alleging his firm had conveyed that it will withdraw from acting for Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak in the event that the apex court decides to proceed with his appeal hearing in the RM42 million SRC International corruption case next week.
“I am not sure who the source of the media reports is. In any event, the reports are neither correct nor accurate.
“My Firm, Zaid Ibrahim Suflan TH Liew & Partners, did not make any statement during the Case Management hearing in Chambers that the Firm will be discharging itself as solicitors. We do not abandon our clients.
“It is the sacred duty of any advocate to represent an accused person with such grievances. In doing so, I am not prejudging the case, as any respectable lawyer will attest. Passing judgment is the domain of the Courts. As lawyers, our duty is to present the client’s case to the best of our ability,“ he said in a statement today.
Zaid also stressed that the law firm was not motivated by money when it agreed to represent Najib in this SRC case.