Former de facto Law Minister Zaid Ibrahim, along with two other parties today applied to recuse Chief Justice (CJ) Md Raus Sharif from hearing their appeal over the decision by Attorney-General Mohamed Apandi Ali to not prosecute Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.

The two other parties are former Umno member Khairuddin Abu Hassan and the Malaysian Bar.

The application was made at the Federal Court, on the common ground that Najib advised to the appointment of the CJ...