AG withdraws appeal against interim stay granted to judge Hamid Sultan 23 Dec 2020 / 17:03 H. Pix for representational purpose only. PUTRAJAYA: Attorney-General (AG) Tan Sri Idrus Harun today withdrew his appeal over a High Court decision allowing an interim stay of the Judges’ Ethics Committee’s (JEC) inquiry proceedings against Court of Appeal (COA) Judge Datuk Dr Hamid Sultan Abu Backer, which was scheduled on Nov 25. Senior Federal Counsel Mohd Sabri Othman informed a three-member Court of Appeal panel led by Datuk Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah that the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC), which was representing the appellant (Idrus), was withdrawing its appeal filed on Nov 23 against the decision made by the Kuala Lumpur High Court on Nov 12.