PUTRAJAYA: Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has withdrawn his appeal to challenge the constitutionality of provisions in two laws over admissibility of documentary evidence.
His lawyer Hisyam Teh Poh Teik today told a three-member Court of Appeal bench chaired by Kamaludin Md Said today that a notice of discontinuance was filed last week.
Kamaluddin, who sat with P Ravintharan and Nordin Hassan, then struck out the appeal.
On Nov 18 last year, the High Court ruled that Zahid’s application to challenge provisions in the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act and the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 (Amla) was premature as the trial had yet to commence.
Judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah made the ruling after allowing a preliminary objection raised by deputy public prosecutor Raja Rozela Raja Toran.
Sequerah said he agreed with the prosecution that the application to challenge the constitutionality of Section 41A of the MACC Act and Section 71 of Amla was premature because the trial had not started.
Zahid, the former deputy prime minister, said the two provisions were inconsistent with Article 5 of the Federal Constitution.
He is facing a total of 47 charges, 12 of which are for criminal breach of trust (CBT), eight for bribery and 27 for money laundering involving millions of ringgit belonging to Yayasan Akalbudi.
Trial is still at the prosecution stage with 75 witnesses called to testify. The hearing will resume on July 14. - FMT
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