Muhyiddin wants five-member appeals court panel to hear bid to restore acquittal


PETALING JAYA: Former prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin requested, on Tuesday (April 16), that a five-member Court of Appeal panel to hear his final legal bid to restore his discharge and acquittal (DAA) on four abuse of power charges relating to the Jana Wibawa scandal.

However, the court then directed Muhyiddin's defence team to write to Court of Appeal president Tan Sri Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim for his consideration, Malay language daily Sinar Harian reported.

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