The Court of Appeal was told today that a High Court judge had erred in refusing to recuse himself from presiding over Rosmah Mansor’s corruption trial involving the RM1.25 billion solar hybrid project in Sarawak.

Counsel for Rosmah, Jagjit Singh, submitted that the then High Court Judge, Zaini Mazlan (now elevated to the Court of Appeal), ought to have disqualified himself from hearing the case after he allegedly instructed the court’s Research Unit to prepare a draft judgment before the delivery of his decision.

“The judge erred in...