Former Umno supreme council member Lokman Noor Adam will now need to proceed with the hearing of the merits of the contempt proceedings against him.
This followed on the heels of the Federal Court today dismissing his appeal to set aside the leave granted to the attorney-general to commence committal proceedings against him.
A five-person apex court bench chaired by Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat delivered the unanimous ruling during an online hearing of the appeal via Zoom today.
Lokman is appealing against the Court of Appeal's ruling on May 13 last year, which dismissed his appeal to set aside the Kuala Lumpur High Court leave granted to the AG to commence committal proceedings against him.
The contempt proceedings were over the alleged acts of intimidation against Amhari Efendi Nazaruddin, a key witness in former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak's RM2.28 billion 1MDB corruption trial.
Amhari Efendi used to be the former premier's special officer.
With today’s apex court ruling, the High Court hearing of the merits of the contempt application against Lokman is set to proceed.
[More to follow] - Mkini
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