00:00The federal court permitted Muhyiddin Yassin's sedition case for trial in the High Court
00:05after a five-member bench declined to answer the constitutional questions posed by the ex-Prime Minister.
00:12The Apex Court scheduled case management before a senior assistant registrar in Kuala Lumpur
00:17for the parties to obtain directions for trial.
00:21Bench Chairman Abu Bakr Jais, also the Court of Appeal President,
00:24announced the order after the prosecution and defense agreed that the questions posed to the Apex Court could be raised during trial.
00:33He said if the High Court makes a mistake, the Court of Appeal and the federal court can correct it on appeal.
00:40One of the questions posed was whether intent to commit an offense applies to cases brought under the Sedition Act
00:46or whether sedition is a strict liability offense.
00:49Abu Bakr said no adverse decision had been made against Muhyiddin
00:54as the prosecution would have to call its witnesses to prove a prima facie case.
01:00Muhyiddin was accused of questioning the discretionary authority of the Yang Dipertuan Agung at the time
01:05following the monarch's decision not to appoint him as Prime Minister after the 2022 general election
01:11despite his claim of commanding the support of 115 MPs.
01:16Natasha Bust, FMT
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