Najib's lawyers mull recusing judge after link to 1MDB suspect disclosed

Najib Abdul Razak’s legal team is considering whether to seek for Kuala Lumpur High Court judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah to disqualify himself from the former prime minister’s RM2.28 billion 1MDB corruption trial.

Lead defence counsel Muhammad Shafee Abdullah informed the criminal court this following Sequerah’s disclosure yesterday that he used to be partners in a law firm with the now-arrested 1MDB-linked fugitive, Jasmine Loo...