Muhyiddin Yassin has gone up to the apex court to restore his acquittal of four abuse of power charges linked to the Jana Wibawa programme.
The former prime minister’s counsel from law firm Chetan Jethwani filed the Notice of Appeal to the Federal Court yesterday.
The Pagoh MP is targeting the Court of Appeal decision two days ago, which reversed a lower court decision that allowed his bid to challenge the charges for being vague and defective.
Speaking on behalf of the appellate bench in greenlighting the prosecution’s appeal, judge Hadhariah Syed Ismail ruled that the charges were clear and unambiguous.
On Aug 15 last year, Kuala Lumpur High Court judge Muhammad Jamil Hussin ruled that the power abuse charges were defective and not in line with the Criminal Procedure Code.
Jamil said the charges did not reveal sufficient particulars on the alleged offence under the MACC Act 2009, including whether Muhyiddin was accused of making an unlawful decision or if he unlawfully used his position.
The judge rejected the prosecution’s contention that the details and particulars would be revealed during the criminal trial, pointing out that the charges must already contain enough particulars to allow Muhyiddin to be better prepared to meet the allegations during trial.
The Bersatu president is also facing three related money laundering counts pending at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court.
Earlier report:
Feb 28, Court of Appeal reinstates Muhyiddin’s criminal case involving RM232m