KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has filed a notice of appeal against the High Court's decision to dismiss his application to refer eight questions of law to the Federal Court, including whether he is immune from lawsuits. In the notice filed through Messrs Zain Megat & Murad on Thursday (June 5), Anwar said...
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here dismissed Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s application to refer eight legal questions to the Federal Court, including whether the Prime Minister enjoys immunity from lawsuits. The legal questions relate to a lawsuit filed by Anwar's former research assistant, Muhammed Yusoff Rawther, concerning an alleged sexual assault seven years ago. ALSO READ: Anwar's questions...
PETALING JAYA: Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s bid for house arrest has again been derailed with the Federal Court granting leave to the Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC) to appeal against the move. As a result of the leave granted, the Kuala Lumpur High Court, which was supposed to hear Najib’s application for a judicial review on the...
SEREMBAN: A 28-year-old man was sentenced to three years’ jail after he pleaded guilty to an alternative charge of unintentionally causing the death of his father. K.P. Niruben did not contest the charge after it was read to him before High Court judge Justice Rohani Ismail yesterday. “You are fortunate that the charge has been reduced. It...
KUALA LUMPUR: A chemist testified in the High Court on Tuesday (April 8) that an analysis of a block of cannabis revealed a net weight of 300.1 grammes. Harlisa Haidhir Harminder, 43, from the Narcotics Division of the Forensic Science Analysis Centre at the Malaysian Department of Chemistry, said on Sept 10, 2024, she received an...
JOHOR BARU: The High Court here has allowed a preliminary objection to the habeas corpus application filed by GISB Holdings Sdn Bhd chief executive officer Nasiruddin Mohd Ali and his wife Azura Md Yusof. The application challenges their detention under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act (Sosma) 2012. In delivering his decision on Tuesday (Jan 14), Justice...
KUALA LUMPUR: The government is applying for a gag order to prevent public discussion on a purported addendum that Datuk Seri Najib Razak claims would allow him to serve the remainder of his SRC International Sdn Bhd prison sentence under house arrest. Senior Federal Counsel Shamsul Bolhassan - representing the Federal Territory Pardons Board, the government,...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Attorney-General's Chambers intends to challenge the High Court's decision that cleared Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor of money laundering and tax evasion charges. Lead prosecutor Ahmad Akram Gharib confirmed the plan to appeal following the proceedings on Thursday (Dec 19). Rosmah had filed to quash her 12 charges of money laundering involving more than RM7mil...
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court's acquittal in her money laundering and tax evasion case came as a "meaningful gift" during Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor's birthday month. The wife of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak was all smiles as she expressed relief at closing this chapter after six years of legal battle. "My lawyers have assured...
KUALA LUMPUR: Lim Guan Eng has filed an appeal against the High Court's omission of an order for Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to pay interest on RM1.35mil damages in a defamation lawsuit that Lim won. The notice of appeal was filed at the Court of Appeal through Guok Partnership on Nov 29. In the notice, Lim stated...
