KUALA LUMPUR: The appeal of Munawar Ahmad Anees, the former speechwriter of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, against a sodomy conviction and sentence was dismissed by the High Court yesterday.
Justice Ahmad Maarop, in delivering an oral judgment, said Munawar had failed to appear at any of the proceedings in relation to the appeal and he was therefore exercising his discretion under Section 313(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code to dismiss it.
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