KUALA LUMPUR (March 25): Former director of the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC), Datuk N Sundra Rajoo, who was supposed to have faced three charges of alleged corruption today, will have his case called up at the Sessions Court tomorrow.

His case was registered at the Sessions Court but he was not present before Judge Azura Alwi today.

Deputy public prosecutor (DPP) Kamarul Bahrin Omar asked that a warrant of arrest be issued by the court.

Lawyer K Shanmuga, who was present in court, said Sundra may come tomorrow following his judicial review application.

To this, Azura agreed that the case be called tomorrow.

Shanmuga appeared as amicus curiae (friend of court) as the lawyer was representing Sundra in the judicial review proceedings.

Sundra had filed a judicial review on March 6, where he named the Foreign Affairs Minister, the attorney general, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and the government as respondents to seek leave from the High Court here that as a director of the AIAC he is free from any civil suit and other legal process.

The judicial review is scheduled for tomorrow before High Court judge Datuk Nordin Hassan.

Kamarul Bahrin told reporters after the proceedings that the prosecution tried to call Sundra and went to his house to serve a notice for him to be present today.

"However, he did not answer our calls and was not present at his home," the DPP said.

Sundra issued a statement via his lawyers yesterday, questioning the charges which he is supposed to face today, a day before his scheduled judicial review application tomorrow.

"I consider that any charge against me would, therefore, be a breach of international law, and would severely jeopardise the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organisation (AALCO) and the AIAC," Sundra said in a statement that was issued yesterday.

It has been reported that Sundra was investigated by the MACC upon his return from the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) meeting where he was a member of the FIFA ethics committee.

Sundra was subsequently released from remand after the magistrates court accepted his lawyer's argument of immunity from proceedings.

He was being investigated following reports that he allegedly used his position as AIAC director then to gain financial favours.