The Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court has allowed Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin temporary access to his passport for him to visit a cancer-stricken family member in Australia.
Sessions Court judge Azura Alwi allowed the Bersatu president's application during case mention on Wednesday (May 8).
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Sessions Court judge Azura Alwi allowed the Bersatu president's application during case mention on Wednesday (May 8).
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00:00The Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court has allowed Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin temporary access
00:07to his passport for him to visit a cancer-stricken family member in Australia.
00:13Sessions Court Judge Azura Alwi allowed the Bursatu President's application during case
00:18mention on Wednesday and said the passport would be given to Muhyiddin through one of
00:23his lawyers on the same day.
00:25She also said the passport would be returned to the court on May 28.
00:30Earlier, Muhyiddin's lawyer Datuk Hisham Tepoteik made the oral application for the
00:36passport as his client intended to travel to Australia this Sunday to visit his 82-year-old
00:42sister who suffers from cancer.
00:45Deputy Public Prosecutor Noor Azma Ahmad did not object to the application, saying that
00:51the applicant has a reasonable excuse.
00:54Hisham then applied for the main case, where Muhyiddin is accused of abuse of power and
00:58money laundering, to be postponed pending the decision of a leave to review on the Court
01:03of Appeals decision that reinstated the case to the Sessions Court.
01:08The hearing at the Court of Appeals has been fixed for July 9.
01:11Noor Azma said the prosecution had received the notice of application via email on Tuesday
01:18and would file an objection.
01:21Azora has fixed June 13 to hear the application to postpone the proceedings for the main case.
01:29Muhyiddin has been charged with using his position as the then Prime Minister and Basatu
01:34President to obtain bribes from three companies between March 2020 and August 2021.
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