A High Court judicial commissioner today has withdrawn from presiding over SRC International Sdn Bhd's US$1.15 billion lawsuit against former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak and six former company office bearers.

According to a report by The Edge Markets, judicial commissioner Liza Chan Sow Keng told lawyers of parties involved in the matter that Najib is her friend.

Today was fixed for case management of the suit before the Kuala Lumpur High Court.

This suit is one among 22 launched by SRC and sovereign wealth fund 1MDB against various personalities who purportedly defrauded...