Lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah will file an application to set aside the leave granted to attorney-general Tommy Thomas to cite him for contempt for his comments on the ongoing case against his client, former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak.

This was relayed by Shafee's lawyer David Matthews to High Court judge Mohd Firuz Jaffril in Kuala Lumpur today, according to senior federal counsel Shamsul Bolhassan...