KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has maintained the discharge and acquittal of former Umno leader Datuk Seri Khairuddin Abu Hassan and lawyer Matthias Chang over charges of attempting to sabotage the country's banking and financial system three years ago.
Justice Azman Abdullah made the ruling after DPP Noor Syazwani Mohamad Sobry informed the court that the prosecution was withdrawing its appeal against a Sessions Court decision that acquitted them last year.
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