He also cited the case of Sankar v The State [1994] UKPC 1, the incompetence of the accused’s counsel had deprived him of a fair trial. theSun thesundaily FederalCourt NajibRazak SRCInternational
: The previous panel of the Federal Court was likely to be unfair to Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak
He said there is no question that the former prime minister was charged with serious offences but it was important for an accused person to be legally represented to guarantee fairness of his trial or the appeal process. He also cited the case of Sankar v The State [1994] UKPC 1, the incompetence of the accused’s counsel had deprived him of a fair trial.
In the 4-1 majority judgment, the four judges who dismissed the former prime minister’s application were Federal Court judges Datuk Vernon Ong Lam Kiat, Datuk Rhodzariah Bujang and Datuk Nordin Hassan and Court of Appeal judge Datuk Abu Bakar Jais.
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