KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 29 -- Veteran lawyer Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram has died.

The former Federal Court judge and senior deputy public prosecutor was 79.

He was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of a private hospital in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday for a lung infection.

Gopal was the lead prosecutor for the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) case involving Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

He was also the lead prosecutor for the RM1.25 billion solar hybrid project corruption case involving Najib's wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor.

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