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PUTRAJAYA (Bernama): The court of appeal authorized lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah (November 29) (peak) to intervene in the appeal of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim regarding his civil action (against Anwar) against the government for his conviction for sodomy.
Judge Datuk Vernon Ong Lam Kiat, who chaired a panel of three, said that the legal interest of Muhammad Shafee would be affected, the essence of the complaint in the original summons of Anwar related to allegations of payment of the amount of 9.55 million RMB to the latter.
"It is clear that not only was Muhammad Shafee party to a request for discovery of documents in the High Court, he also filed a de-listing request and appeared twice in court, Muhammad Shafee should be admitted. 'intervene in this call,' he said.
However, Ong J. rejected Muhammad Shafee's request to strike an affidavit prepared by the Attorney General's Special Agent, Siti Rahayu Mohd Mumazaini, and cross-examine him.
The other judges of the jury were Datuk Judges Mary Lim Thiam Suan and Datuk Hasnah Mohammed Hashim.
Muhammad Shafee has requested to intervene in the appeal following an affidavit confirming Siti Rahayu's claim that new information has been discovered that the bank accounts of the company have been released. former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak Tun were reportedly paid between 2013 and 2014.
On June 9, 2017, Anwar, chairman of the PKR, summoned the government to appear, claiming that he had not benefited from a fair trial at the call of his conviction for sodomy II.
He asked to be declared that the conviction in the Court of Appeals on March 7, 2014 was ultra vires the Federal Constitution and therefore null and void. He also wished to overturn the Federal Court decision that upheld his conviction.
In his affidavit, Anwar claimed that Muhammad Shafee had received 9.5 million RM from Najib to lead the prosecution team in appealing his conviction for buggery.
The Federal Court upheld the conviction of Anwar and sentenced him to five years in prison for sodomizing his former aide, Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan.
Anwar, however, received complete thanks from the king on May 16 of this year.
On November 8, the Kuala Lumpur High Court struck down his subpoena, which allowed the government to present his claim on the grounds that the case had no cause for action and that It was an abuse of the judicial process.
Lawyer Harvinderjit Singh represented Muhammad Shafee and lawyer Datuk Gopal Sri Ram, for Anwar. Senior Federal Councilor Datuk Amarjeet Singh appeared for the government. – Bernama
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