Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng and businesswoman Phang Li Koon's appeal to challenge the constitutionality of Section 62 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009 has been postponed to July 19.

This came after the Court of Appeal and the parties wanted to seek rectification of the Penang High Court order which directed Lim and Phang to furnish their defence within 14 days, after it dismissed their applications and declared Section 62 as constitutional.

Justice Umi Kalthum Abdul Majid, who led the three-member bench, recognised the irregularity of the order issued by the High Court and brought this to the attention of both the defence and prosecution...