Federal Court grants prosecution leave to challenge jurisdiction in death sentence review case


PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court has granted the prosecution leave to proceed with a review of the court's earlier ruling that allowed it to hear applications from prisoners who had already received pardons for their death sentences.

In a 4-1 majority decision, a five-member bench led by Chief Justice Datuk Seri Wan Farid Wan Salleh ruled in favour of the prosecution's application.

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