Ruling that Jawi's 2012 raid of Borders bookstore was illegal stands


KUALA LUMPUR: The Federal Territory Islamic Department has lost its bid to question a ruling that its raid of a Borders bookstore over Islamic book was illegal.

The panel lead by Chief Justice Arifin Zakaria unanimous denied Jawi's leave to appeal, ruling that the religious department's question of law failed to meet the threshold of Section 96(A) of the Court of Judicature Act.

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