Noting that the current Attorney General Tan Sri Idrus Harun was himself a former Federal Court judge, they said he must especially appreciate the ramifications or the consequences of such assaults on the judiciary. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin

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KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 — Attorney General Tan Sri Idrus Harun should take action against the hurling of untrue claims of bribery against the trial judge who had heard Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s SRC case, eight former Malaysian Bar presidents said today.

In a strongly-worded statement to defend the judiciary which came under attack after Najib was found guilty in the SRC case, the eight former presidents of the Malaysian Bar criticised the potential criminal act by those who had made false allegations against the SRC trial judge.

The eight former presidents said the false allegation of bribery against Datuk Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali — the judge who had heard and decided on Najib’s SRC case — was “outrageous and spurious”.

Noting that this allegation of bribery had been widely published by a discredited blogger, they noted that Najib had later reportedly on August 9 nonchalantly withdrawn this serious allegation against Mohd Nazlan.

They suggested the attack on the judge could be a crime, pointing out that the bribery claims were false and actually attacked the entire judiciary.

“It is difficult to find a greater travesty...

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