See you in court, Bar president tells Zaid

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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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