Muhyiddin's bid to refer questions on Sedition Act to be heard before another judge


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KUALA LUMPUR: Former prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin's application to refer legal questions relating to the Sedition Act 1948 to the Federal Court will be heard before another judge.

The decision was made on Tuesday (May 13) after High Court judge Justice Datuk Azhar Abdul Hamid allowed the application of defence lawyer Amer Hamzah Arshad for the legal questions to be heard before Criminal High Court 4 Judge Datuk Muhammad Jamil Hussin.

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