KUALA LUMPUR: The Court of Appeal does not have the jurisdiction to hear the bail applications of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and his adopted brother Sukma Darmawan Sasmitaat Madja, Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail submitted.
Abdul Gani said careful examination of the Courts of Judicature Act reveals that only the Federal Court had the jurisdiction to grant the two men a stay of execution of their sodomy charges, pending their appeals to that court.
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