Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia student Asheeq Ali Sethi Alvi today filed a motion for leave to appeal to the Federal Court, posing four questions of law regarding his suspension for participating in the "Tangkap Malaysian Official 1" rally two years ago.

The application was filed by his lawyers at the Federal Court registry today.

Asheeq's one-month suspension sentence was reinstated by the university authorities after he lost his appeal at the appellate court last month.

The court dismissed his appeal on the grounds that no error was made by the High Court judge, who ruled that Asheeq should file the challenge via a judicial review and not an originating summons...