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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 22 — Attorney General (AG) Tan Sri Tommy Thomas today obtained leave from the High Court to initiate committal proceedings against Umno Supreme Council member Datuk Lokman Noor Adam for allegedly threatening a witness in the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) case, Datuk Amhari...

Tuesday, 22 Oct 2019 05:10 PM MYT

High Court Judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah allowed the application for leave to commence the contempt proceedings, filed by the AG against Lokman, who was named as the respondent. “We submitted that the threshold for leave to initiate contempt has been met due to a clear attempt by Lokman to interfere in the due administration of justice,” Sri Ram said.

Lokman was not present in court because this is an ex parte application and the court heard submissions from the AG side. The AG said he undertook to play the said video recording at the hearing of the application for leave and at the hearing of the substantive motion in the event leave is granted.

 

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