Federal Court affirms levy does not impinge on right to travel abroad


PUTRAJAYA: A lawyer’s legal challenge to the imposition of a departure levy on Malaysians travelling overseas has come to an end as he failed to get leave from the Federal Court to proceed with his appeal.

A three-member bench of the Federal Court comprising Justices Nallini Pathmanathan, Hasnah Mohammed Hashim and Nordin Hassan dismissed R. Kengadharan’s application for leave to pursue his appeal.

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