Thomas said Sri Ram, a former Federal Court judge, enjoyed all powers of the public prosecutor as his appointment was made under Section 376(3) of the Criminal Procedure Code.
Wan Aizuddin asked Mohd Hazem about the agreement between 1MDB and Aabar Investments.
This comes after reports saying 1MDB and its former subsidiary SRC International Sdn Bhd had filed several civil suits to recover billions of dollars in losses suffered by the firms. Six suits were filed by 1MDB and its subsidiaries, while another 16 were by SRC.
One of the suits was against Wong & Partners and Chia for a sum of US$1 billion and payment of legal fees of RM664,821.21 for their alleged role in the fraud. The law firm had represented 1MDB in the past.
"Nothing the firm did or did not do caused any loss to 1MDB. Therefore, the extraordinary sum claimed is wholly unjustified and an attempt to pressure the firm into a settlement."
Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor had last week filed two applications before the High Court, one to nullify proceedings of her trial, where she has been called to enter her defence, and the other is to challenge the appointment of Sri Ram as the lead prosecutor.
The court also ruled that no act of bankruptcy has occurred yet, which means that Najib is not yet a bankrupt.
The High Court had allowed an application from IRB lawyers for a judgment in default of appearance.
The 1MDB-Tanore trial was slated to continue today for two days before Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah. Najib and his team of lawyers were supposed to wrap up arguments in his SRC appeal on May 6 at the Court of Appeal in Putrajaya.
... raising the country's total number of infections to 415,012.
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Selangor again recorded the highest number of new infections at 750, whereas Kelantan came in second with 484 cases and Sarawak in third at 432.
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