The Kuala Lumpur High Court this afternoon denied 1MDB’s application to have a new civil court judge preside over its US$1.83 billion (RM8.05 billion) suit against its former CEO and a former Treasury secretary-general.

High Court judicial commissioner Raja Ahmad Mohzanuddin Shah Raja Mohzan dismissed 1MDB's bid to have judge Atan Mustaffa Yusoff Ahmad hear the civil action involving alleged breach of trust and conspiracy.