00:00The Attorney General is opposing the Malaysian Bar's application for leave to commence judicial review proceedings over the AG's decision
00:09to take no further action in UMNO President Ahmad Zahid Hamidi's Yayasan Akal Budi corruption trial.
00:16This was conveyed to the High Court today by Senior Federal Counsel Nur Hafidzah Azizan, who appeared for the AG.
00:23The AG, as guardian of public interest, may support granting leave or oppose such applications on grounds that they are
00:31frivolous.
00:32Justice Alice Look fixed June 30th to decide whether the Bar's leave application should be heard or stayed pending the
00:40disposal of a related matter before the federal court.
00:43On May 7th, the Court of Appeal granted the Bar leave to challenge the AG's decision to seek a discharge
00:50not amounting to an acquittal for Zahid from his 47 charges in the Yayasan Akal Budi case.
00:57Nur Hafidzah said the AG would file a leave application to appeal the matter under Section 96 of the Court
01:04of Judicature Act 1964.
01:07Meanwhile, lawyer S. Abilash, who represented the Bar, said its judicial review leave application over the NFA should proceed as
01:16the Court of Appeal ruling was based on established legal principles.
01:21Panyujo, FMT.
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