News by Hafiz Yatim

Syazlin would be in a conflict of interest position as she was representing the interests of Adib's family.

"The court was informed today that the plaintiff had inspected and made a statement to the police and that not all the pieces (of the jewellery) are there."

The High Court also granted a stay of all proceedings until the disposal of a full hearing of the judicial review.

Lawyer Mohd Haniff Khatri Abdulla is seeking clarification on whether the ministry allows an appeal against the cancellation of the project, or if the company will be required to appear before the ministry.

The bench, led by Federal Court judge Justice Tan Sri Azahar Mohamed, ruled that High Court judge Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah had used his discretion judiciously and that the appellate court would not interfere unless the judge applied or used a wrong law principle.

Goh's lawyers M Puravalen and Ragunath Kesavan informed High Court judge Justice Mohamed Zaini Mazlan that they would be acting for her after deputy public prosecutor (DPP) Muhammad Shukri Hussain, who appeared together with DPP Fatnin Yusof and DPP Liew Horng Bin, informed the court that they were unsuccessful in serving the papers to Goh.

"This case, there is no predicate offence in these set of charges and we are considering to strike out these charges,"

He repeated this three times during questioning by deputy public prosecutor Muhammad Saifuddin Hashim Musaimi about payments of RM27 million and RM5 million on Dec 26, 2014 and a payment of RM10 million made on Feb 10, 2015.

"The reason for the transfer is recorded as 'CSR (corporate social responsibility) programmes'. I recognised the remittance form as I prepared the document," the witness said.

The Court of Appeal's three-member bench, led by Justice Datuk Umi Kalthum Abdul Majid, was unanimous in its dismissal of the appeal.