: The High Court will hear the committal proceedings brought by the Attorney-General against former UMNO Supreme Council member Datuk Lokman Noor Adam for allegedly intimidating a witness in the 1Malaysia Development Berhad trial of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak on March 18.
“The court has ordered the prosecution and the respondent to file the written submission on Feb 18 and, if there is an additional argument, it must be filed on March 4,“ she said when contacted by reporters after the case management before Judge Sequerah today. On May 13 last year, Lokman lost his appeal in the Court of Appeal to set aside the leave obtained by Tan Sri Tommy Thomas, who was the then AG, to commence committal proceedings against him for allegedly intimidating a witness in Najib’s 1MDB case.
Thomas, 68, who was appointed as AG on June 4, 2018, by then prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, for a two-year term to replace Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali and resigned from the post on Feb 29 this year, initiated the committal proceeding against Lokman, seeking an order for Lokman to be committed to prison or be fined for his action.