Bar agrees to challenge Pardons Board’s decision on Najib

At the Malaysian Bar’s 78th annual general meeting , members of the legal professional body for Peninsular Malaysia in a near-unanimous vote adopted the resolution for the Bar Council to urgently file the court challenge.Malaysian Bar’s new president Mohamad Ezri Abdul Wahab said that 238 members of the Malaysian Bar had voted in favour of this resolution, while “only one” member at the AGM voted against filing the court case.

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Asked to address any perception that such a court challenge against the Pardons Board’s decision could be seen as challenging the Agong’s pardon powers, Ezri pointed out that the planned court challenge is not against the Agong’s decision. Daily Express Malaysia

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