Court strikes down two provisions in Extradition Act

Two Perak businesspersons wanted by the United States government succeeded in obtaining a Malaysian court order declaring two provisions in the Extradition Act 1992 as constitutionally invalid.

The Kuala Lumpur High Court today made this ruling over an originating summons by Ling Yang Ching and Wong Ong Hua, who are sought by the US Department of Justice in its investigation into a...