High Court judicial commissioner Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh today recused himself from hearing the latest suit between Prime minister Najib Abdul Razak and Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua, in the interest of justice and the judiciary.

Wan Ahmad said he was a deputy home minister during Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's administration and a former senator as well. He resigned from all posts in Umno to take up the position in the judiciary.

He wrote a two-page reasoning on why he decided to recuse himself from hearing the case and will inform the Chief Judge of Malaya on his decision...