Lawyer Haniff Khatri Abdulla urged Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob to include the affidavit of retired Court of Appeal judge Hamid Sultan Abu Backer if he intends to set up a royal commission of inquiry (RCI) to probe allegations of political interference in the courts.

The RCI was curiously not announced by Ismail Sabri but by Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who said the matter was agreed upon at a party supreme council meeting.

“I do not intend to...