Yusoff withdraws appeal to remove parts of Anwar’s defence in suit

Court of Appeal today allowed Muhammad Yusoff Rawther to withdraw his appeal to expunge part of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s statement of defence against his sexual assault suit.

However, the three-person bench chaired by Lee Swee Seng also ordered the former research assistant to pay RM5,000 in costs to the Pakatan Harapan chairperson for the last-minute withdrawal – which was only informed last month...