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No discharge: Hisyam must go on in Najib’s SRC hearing, rules apex court

PUTRAJAYA – The Federal Court has decided against allowing Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s new lawyer Datuk Hisyam Teh Poh Teik to discharge himself from the final SRC International Sdn Bhd appeal hearing scheduled to proceed today.

Reading the broad judgments, chief justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat said Hisyam had failed to produce reasonable grounds to discharge himself from the case.

“The court is within its discretionary authority to deny the application to discharge,” she said.

The final appeal hearing has now begun proper.

Earlier today, there was a terse exchange between Tengku Maimun and Hisyam before the apex bench stood down to decide on the lawyer’s bid for an adjournment, or else to discharge himself, on grounds that the new defence team lacked time to prepare for the appeal hearing.

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