Appeals court strikes out lawyer's suit challenging legality of Anwar's royal pardon

PUTRAJAYA (Bernama): The Court of Appeal today struck out a lawsuit filed by a lawyer questioning the legality of the royal pardon granted to Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim for his sodomy conviction.

In striking out the lawsuit by Mohd Khairul Azam Abdul Aziz), the court allowed the appeals by Anwar and the Pardons Board against a High Court's dismissal of their applications to strike out the lawsuit.