The deputy public prosecutor's office has withdrawn it's appeal over the sentencing of the sedition conviction on the late former Bukit Gelugor MP Karpal Singh.

A letter dated June 16 was sent to Karpal's family by Putrajaya's Court of Appeal deputy registrar Darmafikri Abu Adam.

"In line with the Rule 73(2) of the rules of the Court of Appeals in 1994, the appeal notice we filed on June 9 is deemed cancelled by the Court of Appeal and is taken off the court register," read the letter.

Bukit Gelugor MP Ramkarpal Singh ( left in photo ) said the family remain clear and steadfast that Karpal should not be convicted in the first place.

"No doubt, Karpal is no longer here, but we will continue to appeal the case under the name of his wife and my mother Gurmit Kaur, who is the administrator of his estate," Ramkarpal said.

"We will take the necessary steps to file the case. We need to replace Karpal's name with Gurmit's," he added.

"If Karpal's conviction stands, his estate which my mother administers will be deprived of his pension," Ramkarpal said at a press conference in Air Itam today.

On March 11, Karpal was convicted of sedition and fined RM4,000 by the High Court for insulting the Perak sultan.

However he passed away in a tragic car accident along the North-South Highway near Gua Tempurung on April 17 before his sentence could be carried out.

DPP Nordin Hassan, who was earlier dissatisfied with High Court judge Azman Abdullah's sentence and sought to appeal for a heavier sentence , notified the Court of Appeal of the cancellation, which he filed on June 9.