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PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal set March 5, 2021, for Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s appeal hearing against the High Court’s decision to vacate his original subpoena related to his sodomy conviction against his former assistant, Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan.
His lawyer, J.Leela, when contacted, said that lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, who was allowed to intervene in the appeal, had requested postponement pending the outcome of a related matter in Federal Court.
The appeal was previously set for hearing on November 18.
“Muhammad Shafee’s request for permission to appeal to the Federal Court against the decision to dismiss his request to remove Siti Rahayu’s affidavit or question her is scheduled for hearing on January 21 next year,” Leela said.
On November 29, 2018, the Court of Appeal dismissed Muhammad Shafee’s request to remove the affidavit of Siti Rahayu Mohd Mumazani, former Attorney General Tan Sri Tommy Thomas, and to question her.
However, the court (Court of Appeal) allowed Muhammad Shafee to intervene in Anwar’s appeal regarding his (Anwar’s) civil action over his conviction for sodomy.
Siti Rahayu had submitted an affidavit in which he claimed that new information was discovered, claiming that RM9.5 million was paid to Muhammad Shafee from the bank accounts of former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak between 2013 and 2014.
Anwar, in his initial subpoena filed on June 9, 2017 against the Malaysian government, claimed that he did not get a fair trial on appeal against his sodomy conviction.
The Port Dickson Member of Parliament is seeking a statement that his conviction by the Court of Appeals on March 7, 2014 was ultra vires of the Federal Constitution and therefore null and void.
He also wants an order that the Federal Court’s decision confirming the Court of Appeal’s decision was ultra vires and, therefore, null and void.
The Federal Court upheld Anwar’s sentence and five years in prison for sodomizing Mohd Saiful. However, Anwar received full pardon from the King on May 16, 2018.
On November 8, 2017, the Kuala Lumpur High Court allowed the government’s request to revoke Anwar’s original subpoena after ruling that his case was unfounded and without supporting evidence. -Called
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