Unlawful detention: Apex court allows leave for MyWatch ex-chief to appeal

Former Malaysian Crime Watch Task Force (MyWatch) chairperson R Sri Sanjeevan obtains leave to commence appeal for a declaration that his 16-day detention under the Prevention of Crime Act 1959 (Poca) as unlawful.

A three-person Federal Court bench chaired by Mary Lim Thiam Suan in a majority 2-1 decision allowed Sanjeevan's application for leave to appeal, paving the way for future hearing of the appeal's merits...