Court sets August 17 to determine if Sabah assembly dissolution can be tried
Musa Aman's lawyer speaking to reporters at the Kota Kinabalu Court Complex today. The Kota Kinabalu High Court will decide on August 17 whether the dissolution of the state assembly is a matter than can be tried. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Irwan Majid, August 7, 2020.
THE Kota Kinabalu High Court today set August 17 to determine whether the recent decision of the Sabah Yang di-Pertua Negeri to dissolve the State Legislative Assembly is subject to trial in a court of law. Judicial commissioner Leonard David Shim set the date after hearing an application for leave for judicial review of the decision to dissolve the state assembly.
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