A three-member bench led by Chief Justice Md Raus Sharif today dismissed Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua's leave to appeal against the ban on him from travelling to Yogyakarta, Indonesia, two years ago.

Justice Raus refused to grant leave to three questions posed by Pua's lawyer Gobind Singh Deo on one's right to travel abroad.

"The law (on this issue) is settled in the Loh Wai Kong case. The appeal is dismissed," the judge ruled in the Federal Court.

The case cited here is where Loh sought a ruling from the court that Malaysian citizens are entitled to travel overseas as a fundamental right under Article 5 of the Federal Constitution...