'Appeals over Khairuddin's 1MDB-linked detention of public interest’

Two appeals related to Khairuddin Abu Hassan’s 62-day detention in 2015 linked to the 1MDB affair are of public interest, the Court of Appeal noted.

As a result, the three-person appellate bench chaired by M Nantha Balan vacated the initially set online hearing today for the appeals by the government as well as Khairuddin, a stalwart of former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad.