Another Court of Appeal judge has recused herself from hearing ex-premier Najib Abdul Razak’s appeal to reinstate a malicious prosecution suit against former attorney-general Tommy Thomas.

Judge Faizah Jamaludin agreed to withdraw herself today when the appellant’s lawyer Firoz Hussein Ahmad Jamaluddin made the oral recusal application.

In October last year, Najib’s appeal was deferred when appellate bench member Azizah Nawawi disclosed that her husband used to work as deputy public prosecutor under Thomas...