PUTRAJAYA, March 1 — Two Federal Court Judges here today agreed to recuse themselves from hearing Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s application to challenge a Court of Appeal decision in dismissing his RM100 million defamation suit against Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
Datuk Hashim Yusoff and Datuk Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin, who had previously heard suits involving Anwar’s sacking as deputy prime minister, agreed to disqualify themselves in the interests of justice after Anwar’s counsel Karpal Singh made the application.
The application hearing has been adjourned to next week after the two judges are replaced.
Anwar had sued former premier for calling him a homosexual after he was sacked as deputy prime minister and finance minister in 1998, but the Court of Appeal last year dismissed the suit.
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