Kuala Lumpur: A Malaysian judge hearing the case of extradition of Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi to India on December 9 said the Indian and Malaysian governments had jumped the gun by not establishing the fact whether the charge of corruption was considered a criminal offence under the Malaysian Law.

Hearing arguments on a review petition of a lower court's verdict rejecting Quattrocchi's extradition, Kuala Lumpur High Court judge Augustine Paul also asked the lawyers to define what a special judge in India meant by saying that there was a prima facie case against the businessman in the Bofors payoff scandal.

"When you come tomorrow for the proceedings you must tell me what is the meaning of 'prima facie' as used by the special judge in India," Kuala Lumpur High Court judge Augustine Paul said referring to the warrant issued by a special judge in New Delhi.

PTI