KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 26 — A lawyer today denounced a group of 100 legal practitioners for fallaciously listing her as among their ranks in demanding Malaysian Bar president Christopher Leong apologise over remarks on Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy prosecution.

NorJehan Abu Bakar, who is based in Pahang, said on Facebook that she had declined an invitation last Saturday to join the self-dubbed G100 and was surprised when she later saw the group’s letter published on Malay Mail Online criticising Leong and listing her as a member.

“Surprised to see my name on their letter. Unethical!” NorJehan told Malay Mail Online, referring to G100’s letter titled “Censuring Christopher Leong of the Bar Council for bringing the judiciary into contempt — 100 Practising Lawyers”.

She said in her Facebook post that she had no quarrel with the Bar Council, stressing that her fight has always been for environmental issues.

“I have never been consulted or engaged in this exercise of censuring Chris Leong and I resent the use of my name at the end of this letter,” NorJehan said.

G100 acknowledged that NorJehan was not associated with the group’s February 21 letter shortly after she complained about it on Facebook.

“We apologise for the mistake, and shall make the necessary correction forthwith,” G100 said on its G100 lawyers Facebook page.

NorJehan also said another lawyer listed as a G100 member similarly did not consent to being part of the group.

Malay Mail Online could not reach that lawyer for confirmation at the time of writing.

G100 said in its letter that Leong had impugned the judiciary with his February 11 statement that highlighted “glaring anomalies” in the prosecution of the federal opposition leader, which he said fuelled perception that Anwar’s case was political persecution rather than a criminal prosecution.

The group demanded that Leong apologise and retract his statement, failing which it would push for his resignation.

Leong’s term as Malaysian Bar president, however, ends next month as he has served his maximum two years in office.