Court of Appeal to set same date for decision on emergency-linked appeals

The Court of Appeal will decide on the same day the appeals by Anwar Ibrahim and four other opposition lawmakers over the validity of then premier Muhyiddin Yassin’s royal advice for suspension of Parliament during the emergency.

As a result, the three-person bench today vacated the previously set Sept 30 decision date for the appeals by Pulai MP Salahuddin Ayub, Sungai Petani MP Johari Abdul, Tebing Tinggi assemblyperson Abdul Aziz Bari and Pasir Gudang MP Hassan Abdul Karim.

The bench chaired by judge Has Zanah Mehat today ruled that it will set a date later to simultaneously deliver its decision on the appeals by opposition leader and Port Dickson MP Anwar...