Sodomy II: No extension on appeal petition deadline following Karpal's death, formal application required

Anwar (left) and Sulaiman Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR: A formal application is needed to extend the Thursday deadline for Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to file his petition of appeal at the Federal Court over his sodomy case, following the death of lead counsel Karpal Singh.

Co-counsel Zaleha al-Hayat said she had sent a letter to the Federal Court registry on Tuesday afternoon asking for two weeks' extension to file the petition due to Karpal's death in a road accident last Thursday, but a court registrar asked her to file a formal application instead.