FORMER prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin will still have to face trial over four power abuse charges involving RM232.5 million in bribes.
This, after the Putrajaya Court of Appeal today dismissed his bid to review its earlier decision to send his case back to trial.
A five-member Court of Appeal panel led by judge Datuk Azizah Nawawi dismissed the 77-year-old's application for a review.
On August 15 last year, the Kuala Lumpur High Court quashed the four charges for being allegedly defective and not disclosing particulars for the Pagoh MP to mount a proper defence.
However, on February 28, the Court of Appeal decided to send Muhyiddin’s case back to the Sessions Court for trial.
On February 29, Muhyiddin filed an appeal at the Federal Court against the Court of Appeal’s restoration of the four charges against him.
But on March 29, he withdrew the appeal as he could not pursue the case at the Federal Court since it started at the Sessions Court.
The ruling means the decision of the three-member Court of Appeal bench, which on February 28 set aside a High Court ruling acquitting the former prime minister of the charges, has been maintained. – September 11, 2024.
