Senior lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah today made an oral application to recuse Kuala Lumpur High Court judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah from presiding over his charges related to RM9.5 million received from former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak between 2013 and 2014.

The basis of Shafee's application was that Justice Sequerah was also presiding over Najib's 25 charges of money laundering and abuse of power regarding 1MDB...