MP SPEAKS | Law and Institutional Reform Minister Azalina Othman Said acted injudiciously in writing her letter of reply dated March 20, 2023, to Najib Abdul Razak’s solicitors, Shafee &  Co.

Free Malaysia Today reported on April 6, 2023, that the law minister in her letter confirmed that Justice Mohd Nazlan Ghazali violated the Judges’ Code of Ethics, had a conflict of interest when presiding over Najib’s SRC International case and that MACC had written to the Chief Justice to recommend disciplinary proceedings against Justice Nazlan.

The minister’s letter was written on March 20, 2023. This is after the Federal Court delivered its judgment on Feb 24, 2023, that the MACC’s investigation of Justice  Nazlan was unconstitutional, illegal and undermines the independence of the judiciary. 

This Federal Court judgment is reported in the Malayan Law Journal  Reports.

Azalina’s letter amounts to contempt of court. It totally disregards and is disrespectful of the Federal Court judgment. It is a contumelious challenge to the  Federal Court judgment by seeking to revive the MACC report after the Federal  Court already said that the MACC investigation was not genuine, not made in good faith and was carried out for a collateral purpose to assist Najib in his SRC case appeal.  

The Chief Justice delivered the Federal Court judgment, which was a unanimous decision by a panel of seven Federal Court judges. It is thus an insolent insult to the  Chief Justice representing the judiciary, in the circumstances, to write that she (Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat) has not complied with the MACC’s recommendation to commence disciplinary proceedings against Justice Nazlan, which will require her to disregard the findings of the Federal Court judgment...