Court denies bid to strike out challenge to Anwar's royal pardon


KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and the Federal Territories Pardons Board have failed to strike out a lawsuit filed by a lawyer to challenge the legality of the royal pardon Anwar received two years ago.

High Court judge Justice Akhtar Tahir made the decision after finding Mohd Khairul Azam Abdul Aziz had locus standi as a member of the public and a lawyer to file the originating summons.

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