Lawyer Hisyam Teh Poh Teik is now lead counsel in Najib's SRC case
Bernama
Julai 26, 2022
Lawyer Hisyam Teh Poh Teik is now lead counsel in Najib's SRC case
Lawyer Hisyam Teh Poh Teik has been appointed the lead counsel to represent Najib Razak in the latter's criminal appeal involving misappropriation of RM42 million in SRC International Sdn Bhd funds at the Federal Court. - BERNAMA
KUALA LUMPUR: Lawyer Hisyam Teh Poh Teik has been appointed the lead counsel to represent former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak in the latter's criminal appeal involving misappropriation of RM42 million in SRC International Sdn Bhd funds at the Federal Court.
The letter, signed by ZIST senior partner Liew Teck Huat, also confirmed that the former prime minister had appointed the firm as his solicitor and Hisyam, from Messrs Hisyam Teh, as his lead counsel.
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Liew also stated that he and lawyer Rueben Mathiaravanam were appointed as co-counsel in the SRC case.
The matter was contained in a letter, signed by Najib's lead counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah and sent by the law firm to the Federal Court deputy registrar.
Meanwhile, in line with the change of solicitors, Liew also applied to the court for mention or case management date to be set on or before July 29 as the firm had received instructions from Najib to withdraw the appeal filed against the High Court's decision which rejected an application for UK Queen's Counsel Jonathan James Laidlaw to represent him.
Meanwhile, Najib in a statement said the change of lawyers came after Laidlaw was not admitted to appear for him as the Queen Counsel in his final appeal at the Federal Court and after he had consulted lawyers in Singapore and Indian Senior Advocates on the matter.
He also expressed his support and appreciation to his entire legal team for their continuing commitment and effort in ensuring that he was given a fair trial.
Najib said he was confident that the new team would bring different perspectives to his defence.
-- BERNAMA
