Court to hear Anwars sodomy appeal next month
Jailed former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim's appeal against his controversial sodomy conviction which was delivered in August 2000 will finally be heard by the Court of Appeal the country's second highest court next month.
The Court of Appeal's registry informed Anwar's lawyer Sankara Nair (
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) yesterday that the court would be hearing the appeal on March 24, but made no mention of the judges who are scheduled to hear it.
Nair told malaysiakini that the date is long overdue considering that the conviction and sentence was made almost three years ago. He said he had written six letters urging for a speedy hearing from the Court of Appeal.
The appeal will be heard exactly six days after Anwar's application for a judicial review against the Federal Court's decision to uphold his first charge, where he was found guilty of corruption and was slapped with a six-year jail sentence.
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