Ex-AG Tommy Thomas wins appeal to recuse trial judge

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The Court of Appeal says it perceived a real danger of bias on the part of the trial judge, even if it might be unintentional.   Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/07/04/ex-ag-tommy-thomas-wins-appeal-to-recuse-trial-judge  Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/07/04/tommy-thomas-menang-rayuan-gugur-hakim-bicara  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #TommyThomas #ShahrirSamad

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00:00The Court of Appeal has allowed former Attorney General Tommy Thomas' appeal to recuse a high

00:07court judge from hearing a malicious prosecution lawsuit filed by former Minister Shahrir Samad.

00:14Justice Faiza Jamaludin said a superior court bench would be in a better position to assess

00:19whether there was any bias on the part of the trial judge, Justice Rose Mawarozain,

00:24as they were not involved in the case.

00:27Faiza, who read the broad grounds of the unanimous decision,

00:31said the court perceives that there is a real danger of bias on the part of the trial judge,

00:35even if it might be unintentional.

00:38The judge was ordered to be recused from hearing the trial and all related proceedings.

00:44The bench ordered Shahrir to pay Thomas RM30,000 in costs.

00:49Shahrir, a former Johor Bahru MP, filed the suit in December 2022

00:53over a RM1 million cheque from former Prime Minister Najib Razak,

00:57said to be intended for housing project restoration in Markin, Johor.

01:01Thomas, who was Attorney General from June 2018 to February 2020,

01:05denies any abuse of power and says prosecution decisions were made

01:09only after reviewing investigation papers from the relevant agencies.

01:14Natasha Buz, FMT.

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