Court dismisses Anwar's bid to strike out suit over royal pardon

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The Kuala Lumpur High Court today dismissed an application to strike out a legal challenge against the royal pardon granted to Anwar Ibrahim over his sodomy case.Judge Akhtar Tahir made the ruling on the bid by the PKR president during open court proceedings this morning.On Feb 26, lawyer Mohd Khairul Azam Abdul Aziz filed the suit to overturn the royal pardon granted to Anwar over his sodomy case. On June 2, Anwar filed the striking-out application. The court today also set three days from March 24 next year to hear submissions on the merits of the legal action.When met after proceedings this morning, Khairul Azam’s lawyer Mohamed Haniff Khatri Abdulla reiterated that the legal action is not a challenge against the power of the Agong in relation to royal pardons.Instead, the veteran lawyer said, the suit seeks for the court to hear over the issue of whether the royal power to…