The Federal Court today dismissed opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim’s application to remove senior Umno-linked lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah from heading the prosecution’s team in its appeal over the politician’s acquittal of a second sodomy charge.
This is according to a tweet by Batu MP Tian Chua, stating that the Federal Court had ruled that attorney-general Abdul Gani Patail has the right to appoint anyone to be prosecutor.
Court of Appeal president Justice Md Raus Sharif led the five-member bench that includes Federal Court judges Abdull Hamid Embong, Ahmad Maarop, Hasan Lah and Abu Samah Nordin.
With the decision, the prosecution’s appeal on Anwar's acquittal will be heard at the Court of Appeal on Dec 11 and 12.
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