Appeals court dismisses duo's appeal for leave to commence judicial review of AG's discretion

PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal here dismissed on Friday (Dec 1) an appeal by two individuals who were seeking to obtain leave to commence a judicial review application to challenge the Attorney General’s discretion in deciding not to prosecute two preachers Muhammad Zamri Vinoth Kalimuthu and Firdaus Wong Wan Hung for allegedly insulting Hindus.

Justice Azizah Nawawi, who chaired a three-member bench, said the appellate court agreed with the High Court’s decision that S. Sivakumar and M. Rajasegaran failed to meet the threshold requirement for leave to be granted for them to commence the judicial review.