Lawyer fails in bid to challenge Anwar’s pardon

 

Anwar Ibrahim was released from prison in 2018 after obtaining a royal pardon. (Reuters pic)

PUTRAJAYA: A lawyer’s bid to reinstate his lawsuit questioning the legality of Anwar Ibrahim’s royal pardon for his sodomy conviction has come to an end.

This follows the Federal Court’s decision to dismiss Khairul Azam Abdul Aziz’s leave application to have the merits of his complaint heard.

Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, who led a three-member bench, said Khairul’s leave application failed as the Pardons Board in 2018 was properly constituted.

She said the leave questions that he posed related only to facts and not the law.

“The applicant did not meet the threshold to obtain leave under Section 96 of the Courts of Judicature Act,” said Tengku Maimun, who sat with Justices Nallini Pathmanathan and Vernon Ong.

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