Federal Court dismisses habeas corpus appeal by GISB Holdings CEO, wife

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The Federal Court has dismissed the habeas corpus appeal filed by GISB Holdings Sdn Bhd (GISBH) CEO Nasiruddin Mohd Ali and his wife, Azura Md Yusof.  The two had filed an appeal challenging their detention under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (Sosma).  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/2p9swwfk  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The federal court has dismissed the habeas corpus appeal filed by GISB Holdings, CEO Nasiruddin

00:12Muhammad Ali, and his wife, Azura Mad Yusof. The two had filed an appeal challenging their

00:18detention under the Security Offenses Special Measures Act, 2012, or SOSMA.

00:25The three-judge panel, chaired by Chief Justice Ton Tenku Maimun Tuan Mat, decided on Thursday

00:32that the application by Nasiruddin and Azura lacked merit. In the unanimous decision, she

00:39and Justices Datuk Abubakar Jais and Datuk Vazir Alamidin Mira said the court rejected their

00:45appeal and upheld the decision of the High Court. Previously, on January 14, the Johor Bahru High

00:52Court dismissed the couple's habeas corpus application. Judge Datuk Abubakar Katar stated

01:01that when the notice of motion for the habeas corpus application was filed on October 24 last

01:07year, the applicants were not under SOSMA detention. He stated that the applicants were under a

01:13valid detention warrant issued by the Selayang Sessions Court, where they had been charged

01:18with being members of an organized criminal group, along with 22 others.

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