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09-02-2022, 08:26 PM
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Bar president Karen Cheah is ready to face Zaid Ibrahim and two of his partners in court over a press statement issued on their conduct in former prime minister Najib Razak’s SRC International appeal.

Cheah said she has appointed two lawyers and instructed them to accept the service of process in the event that Zaid and his partners proceed with the suit.

“We vehemently deny all the allegations raised by them and stand by the press statement issued (by the Bar).

“We are ready to face them in court,” Cheah told reporters on the sidelines of the Malaysian Bar Lifetime Achievement Award ceremony here.

She contended that the press statement contained matters of public interest, administration of justice and standards of the legal profession. It also reflected the objectives of the Bar, she said.

On Aug 29, Zaid and two of his partners demanded Cheah apologise over her statement which they claimed was “a grave and serious libel” on their conduct as Najib’s solicitors in his SRC International appeal before the Federal Court.

They had given her until today to retract the statement and apologise, failing which they would initiate legal action.

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09-05-2022, 06:47 PM
Bar Council stands by its chief, press statement on Najib case
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KUALA LUMPUR – The Bar Council has unanimously expressed its support for current president Karen Cheah and stood by a statement which allegedly “attacked” former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s lead counsel Hisyam Teh Poh Teik and his team that she had issued on August 19.

Malaysian Bar vice-president Mohamad Ezri Abdul Wahab, in a statement today, said the press release was made on behalf of the council in relation to the recent case involving Najib at the Federal Court.

“It is the subject matter of demand dated August 26 issued by Messrs Zaid Ibrahim Suflan T H Liew & Partners representing three of their partners, Datuk Seri Zaid Ibrahim, Liew Teck Huat, and Rueben Mathiavaranam.

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