Najib Razak filed a motion in March, seeking leave to appeal a Court of Appeal ruling which affirmed the High Court’s decision to strike out his RM1.9 million lawsuit against Tommy Thomas. Thomas’s lawyer, Alan Adrian Gomez, objected to the postponement, arguing that Najib’s attendance was unnecessary as the court was only hearing an application for leave to appeal. He also informed the court that an earlier request to adjourn the hearing had been declined by the registry. Azimah said the request was made at the last minute despite Najib having been on medical leave since July 24. “If you already knew that you were on medical leave on July 24, then the application should have been submitted on that day.