Three lawyers, including Zaid Ibrahim, today lost their suit against the Malaysian Bar over defamatory statements alleging they abused and defamed the justice system while handling Najib Razak’s final appeal in the SRC International case.

This followed a decision by High Court Judge Roz Mawar Rozain in dismissing the suit by Zaid, Liew Teck Huat, and Rueben Mathiavaranam against the Malaysian Bar and its former president, Karen Cheah Yee Lynn, on the grounds that the plaintiffs failed to prove the statements were defamatory.

According to the judge...