The allegation that RM9.5 million was deposited by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak into senior lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah's account for acting as prosecutor in Anwar Ibrahim's Sodomy II appeal between 2013 and 2014 was never rebutted.

This was disclosed to judge Azizah Nawawi in chambers in the Kuala Lumpur High Court today by Anwar's lawyers, based on affidavits filed by the government, Najib and Shafee.

The government, which is named as the respondent in the originating summons, applied to strike out the suit, the application for which was heard in chambers today.

Earlier, Anwar's lawyers, led by former Federal Court judge Gopal Sri Ram, along with N Surendran and Latheefa Koya, applied for the proceedings to be held in open court, under Section 15 of the Courts of Judicature Act 1964 (CJA)...