Wan Ji fails to get constitutional issues on sedition charges referred to apex court


File photo of Wan Ji being escorted to court in 2019.

PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal here has dismissed an application by independent speaker Wan Ji Wan Hussin to refer constitutional issues regarding his sedition charges to the Federal Court.

A panel of three judges led by Datuk Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera dismissed the application on Monday (Aug 14) after unanimously allowing the prosecution's preliminary objection.

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