The Court of Appeal here today rejected lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah’s application to admit an affidavit of former attorney-general (AG) Mohamed Apandi Ali, in his bid to recuse Gopal Sri Ram from leading the prosecution in his RM9.5 million money laundering case.

A three-member bench chaired by judge Abdul Karim Abdul Jalil, unanimously dismissed the application based on Section 61 of the Courts of Judicature Act. The section deals with additional evidence during an appeal...