PUTRAJAYA: The Anwar Ibrahim trial may be over by the time the opposition leader gets a hearing on his application for a review of the Federal Court’s ruling that denied him access to key documents to help him prepare his defence.
According to a Bernama report, one of his lawyers said yesterday that the Federal Court Registry had told him the hearing would be on Feb 25 in the afternoon.
“It is most regrettable that such a late date is given for such a crucial decision,” said the lawyer, S.N. Nair. “By then the Criminal High Court would have adjourned the sodomy trial. The High Court had fixed Jan 25 until Feb 25 for trial.”
On Feb 3, Anwar’s defence team met Court of Appeal president Tan Sri Alauddin Mohd Sheriff and asked for the review application to be heard urgently, but the court did not give any date.
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