Court frees Muhyiddin from power abuse charges

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KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 15, 2023: Former prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has been acquitted from his four charges of abuse of power in the Jana Wibawa case.High Court judge Datuk Muhammad Jamil Hussin ruled that all four charges were defective and in bad faith.“The four charges did not disclose an offence under Section 23(1) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act and Section 154 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) which calls for an extraordinary circumstance compelling me to use the court’s inherent powers.“This is to prevent an abuse of the court process. I am therefore allowing for the four charges to be struck out and the applicant (Muhyiddin) is acquitted and released,” he said.Muhyiddin was previously charged on four counts of using his position as the Prime Minister and Bersatu president to ask for a RM200 million bribe from Bukhary Equity Sdn Bhd at …