Veteran lawyer Zaid Ibrahim and his two partners are demanding a full and unequivocal retraction and apology from Malaysian Bar president Karen Cheah.

Through a letter of demand issued on Aug 26, this was being sought over the Bar’s media statement regarding their alleged conduct during the Federal Court hearing of former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak’s RM42 million SRC International corruption case appeal.

Zaid (above) as well as lawyers Liew Teck Huat and Rueben Mathiavaranam claimed that the press release was...