Court allows Peter Anthony’s bid to stay forgery conviction
PETALING JAYA: . Judge Azura Alwi said she allowed the application after going through the affidavits, case laws as well as the written and oral submissions by Peter’s lawyers and the prosecution. “I am satisfied and have decided to allow the stay of conviction and sentence,” she said in her brief oral ruling.Peter filed the application in June to stay his conviction to allow him to contest a parliamentary seat in the 15th general election, which must be held by September next year.
Last week, Devanandan had submitted that the former prime minister obtained a stay of sentence and conviction after the High Court found him guilty in July 2020. “The Court of Appeal affirmed the order after dismissing his appeal ,” he said in his submission. He said it was in Najib’s case that such an order had been made and that there were no similar cases as reported in Malaysian law journals.
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