COMMENT | I write this in response to Malaysiakini’s article titled “Amid full pardon push, Najib’s FB swipes at SRC trial judge again” which I find has many inaccuracies that need to be corrected.

Therefore I am compelled to write this in the context of the leaked letter from the MACC to the chief justice dated Feb 20, 2023, asking for action to be taken against judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali based on MACC’s investigations. The existence of this leaked letter was confirmed in Parliament in April 2023.

It is unclear how the investigation by the MACC was conducted during Latheefa Koya’s administration, but after her departure and under new leadership, the MACC investigation revealed the following:

1) Three judges declined the case

There were three other judges who refused to replace the existing judge in the SRC case involving former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak before Nazlan agreed to take over the case. This may suggest that the judges were individually approached instead of being automatically and randomly selected to prevent forum or judge shopping...