S’wak state assembly gets leave to appeal court’s decision

KUCHING: The Federal Court has granted the Sarawak state legislative assembly’s application for leave to appeal against the decision of the High Court and the Court of Appeal on the disqualification of Pujut assemblyman Dr Ting Tiong Choon due to his dual citizenship.

Speaker Datuk Amar Mohd Asfia Awang Nassar said the application was made by three applicants, namely himself as the Speaker of the House, Datuk Seri Wong Soon Koh as a senior state minister and the state legislative assembly.