Najib Abdul Razak's lawyer today objected to the presence of four top judges hearing a review application of Dr Mahathir Mohamad's misfeasance in their RM2.6 billion public office suit against the former prime minister.<br /><br />Mohd Hafarizam Harun said four of the seven judges on the bench – Chief justice Richard Malanjum, Court of Appeal president Ahmad Ma'arop, Chief judge of Malaya Zaharah Ibrahim and Chief judge of Sabah and Sarawak David Wong Dak Wah – were appointed on the recommendation of Mahathir as prime minister.<br /><br />For this reason, the lawyer applied for the four judges to recuse themselves.<br /><br />"The reason why we raise this is to restore public confidence in the judiciary, and the test is (perception) by the reasonable man on the street," he said.
