Key portions of Court of Appeal judge Hamid Sultan Abu Backer’s affidavit on which a judicial misconduct suit against the Chief Justice (not named in the legal action) has been ordered expunged by the Kuala Lumpur High Court.

Judge Mohd Firuz Jaffril allowed the expungement application by the Attorney-General’s Chambers, who is acting on behalf of the respondent Chief Justice, during open court proceedings this afternoon...