Appeal for reinstatement of suit over Anwar’s royal pardon dismissed

The Federal Court today dismissed a lawyer’s application for leave to proceed with an appeal to reinstate a legal action against the royal pardon awarded to Anwar Ibrahim over the prime minister’s conviction in a sodomy case.

A three-person Federal Court bench chaired by Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat unanimously rejected Mohd Khairul Azam Abdul Aziz’s leave to appeal bid....