KUALA LUMPUR: The Syariah Appeal Court Wednesday dismissed a syariah lawyer's application to withdraw himself from representing the Federal Territory Islamic Religious Department (Jawi) and two others in a defamation appeal by Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
The three-member panel led by Judge Datuk Zohdi Toha unanimously dismissed Datuk Zainul Rijal Abu Bakar's application on technical grounds, stating that the lawyer had used the wrong form.
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