The Federal Court today found lawyers Tommy Thomas and VC George liable for attempts to discuss Muhammad Shafee Abdullah's conduct as DPP in Anwar's sodomy case at the Bar’s annual general meeting in 2015. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, October 20, 2021.
THE Federal Court today allowed prominent lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah’s appeal over the dismissal of his lawsuit against the Malaysian Bar and two others relating to his conduct as the deputy public prosecutor in Anwar Ibrahim’s Sodomy II case.The three-member bench led by judge Abdul Rahman Sebli found lawyers Tommy Thomas and VC George liable for attempts to discuss Shafee’s conduct as DPP in Anwar’s sodomy case at the Bar’s annual general meeting in 2015.
Shafee claimed that on February 28, 2015, Thomas had published and submitted a motion for discussion at the AGM on March 14, 2015. The motion was seconded by George.It was about Shafee’s conduct as DPP in Anwar’s sodomy appeal in the Federal Court, claiming that he had violated the legal profession’s rules which prohibited lawyers from publicising themselves.