The Court of Appeal said today that it has no jurisdiction to hear Election Commission returning officer Amino Agus Suyub's appeal and stay against his three-month jail sentence for contempt.

Justice Hamid Sultan Abu Backer questioned whether the appeal and stay were within the jurisdiction of the appellate court bench, since it was a committal and contempt proceeding by an Election Court – appeals against which should be heard by the Federal Court.

The court was persistent that it had no jurisdiction in the matter...