PUTRAJAYA: The Attorney General (AG) has the power to choose the venue for a trial involving 13 individuals who are charged with the kidnapping of a Palestinian man linked to mobile phone hacking, the Court of Appeal said.
A three-judge panel, chaired by Justice Che Mohd Ruzima Ghazali, unanimously ruled that the AG was constitutionally empowered to choose the High Court where the 12 men and a woman would stand trial.
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