The senior lawyer is facing charges of laundering RM9.5 million allegedly received from ex-prime minister Najib Razak in 2013 and 2014.

Deputy public prosecutor Afzainizam Abdul said the date was agreed upon following a case management before deputy registrar Darmafikri Abu Adam.

Lawyer Sarah Abishegam represented Shafee.

Afzainizam said the hearing date for Shafee’s appeal against a 2019 High Court ruling had yet to be fixed as the appeal records and exhibits need to be rectified.

“The deputy registrar had fixed another case management on Jan 14. Hopefully, the matter would have been sorted by then,” he told FMT.

Apart from the disclosure made by ex-AG Mohamad Apandi Ali, Shafee is also attempting to introduce Sri Ram’s letter of appointment as ad-hoc prosecutor, as well as affidavits by ex-AG Tommy Thomas, Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Azam Baki and Sri Ram in a judicial review proceeding.

Apandi’s disclosure is in relation to a conversation between him and Sri Ram that took place at Apandi’s home in January 2018.

Shafee said the additional evidence was not available when the High Court in 2019 dismissed his application to disqualify Sri Ram, a former judge.

On April 23, 2019, High Court judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah ruled that he did not find any merit to suggest that Sri Ram was in conflict of interest or that he would be biased against Shafee.

In September 2018, Shafee claimed trial to two counts of money laundering and two counts of making false statements involving RM9.5 million received from Najib.

The money laundering trial before judge Muhammad Jamil Hussin had been fixed between May and August this year.