Court strikes out appeal in Anwar lawsuit


PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has struck out an appeal in relation to a sexual assault lawsuit brought by a former research assistant of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim against him, following withdrawal of the appeal.

Muhammed Yusoff Rawther’s lawyer Reenajit Kaur Golen informed a three-judge panel of the appellate court that her client was withdrawing the appeal against a High Court’s dismissal of his application to cancel several paragraphs in Anwar’s statement of defence and counterclaim.

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