The High Court has dismissed former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak’s attempt to recuse judge Alice Loke Yee Ching from presiding over his judicial review application involving his house arrest bid.

The recusal application was made orally by his lawyer, Shafee Abdullah, at the start of today’s proceeding, where the court was to hear his application to amend his claims in the suit.

Shafee, upon his client’s instruction, submitted that...