PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has struck out an appeal in relation to a sexual assault lawsuit by former research assistant Muhammed Yusoff Rawther against Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, following its withdrawal.
Muhammad Yusoff's lawyer Reenajit Kaur Golen informed a three-judge panel of the appellate court that her client was withdrawing the appeal against a High Court‘s decision which dismissed his application to cancel several paragraphs in Anwar's statement of defence and counterclaim.The panel was chaired by Justice Lee Swee Sweng with other judges, Justices Hashim Hamzah and Lim Chong Fong, also sitting on the bench.The court also ordered Muhammad Yusoff to pay RM5,000 in costs to Anwar.
However, lawyer Navpreet Singh, who represented Anwar, sought a RM5,000 costs on grounds that the appellant himself had withdrawn the appeal despite having no development in the case."My client has been put through the expense of having to go through this . The appeal was over a decision on Sept 9, 2022, by High Court judge Judicial Commissioner Dr John Lee Kien How @ Mohd Johan Lee who dismissed his application to expunge several paragraphs in Anwar’s statement of defence and counterclaim.
In his statement of claim, Muhammed Yusoff alleged that the sexual assault took place on Oct 2, 2018, at Anwar’s residence in Segambut.
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