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Bar Council stands by its chief, press statement on Najib case

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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