Published on: Wednesday, January 13, 2021
By: Bernama
Kuala Lumpur: Former Sabah infrastructure development minister Datuk Peter Anthony
(pic), who was previously exempted from attending court for his document falsification case, has been ordered to appear before the Sessions Court for case re-mention on Feb 24.
Judge Azura Alwi issued the order after deputy public prosecutor Wan Shaharuddin Wan Ladin informed the court that the prosecution had not received any application for the accused’s presence to be exempted again.
Wan Shaharuddin also said that the prosecution had received the application to transfer the accused’s case from the Sessions Court here, to the one in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, and the matter has been set for mention before the High Court Senior Assistant Registrar here on Jan 19.
Peter Anthony ordered to appear before Sessions Court on Feb 24 12 Jan 2021 / 16:00 H. Pix for illustration purposes.
KUALA LUMPUR: Former Sabah infrastructure development minister Datuk Peter Anthony, who was previously exempted from attending court for his document falsification case, has been ordered to appear before the Sessions Court for case remention on Feb 24.
Judge Azura Alwi issued the order after deputy public prosecutor Wan Shaharuddin Wan Ladin informed the court that the prosecution had not received any application for the accused’s presence to be exempted again.
Wan Shaharuddin also said that the prosecution had received the application to transfer the accused’s case from the Sessions Court here, to the one in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, and the matter has been set for mention before the High Court Senior Assistant Registrar here on Jan 19.
Kuala Lumpur: Former Sabah Infrastructure Development Minister Datuk Peter Anthony
(pic), who was charged with falsifying documents to fund and set up a technical training centre, will seek to transfer his case from the Sessions Court here to the one in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.
Lawyer Mohd Irzan Iswat Mohd Noor said his client would be filing the request under Section 417 of the Criminal Procedure Code at the Kuala Lumpur High Court soon.
“My client’s travel to the peninsula has been limited due to the implementation of the conditional movement control order (CMCO) in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic,” he said before Sessions Court Judge Azura Alwi during mention of the case here Thursday.
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