PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has fixed May 9 to hear former finance minister Daim Zainuddin and his family’s appeal to set aside a lower court ruling that refused to hear their judicial review over a probe by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) into their financial affairs.
The appeal was filed a day after the High Court denied their bid to question the MACC probe on March 4.
The hearing date was fixed today during a case management before deputy registrar Norshakinah Ahmad Kamarudin.
Earlier this month, the High Court denied Daim and his family’s bid to commence a legal challenge against MACC on grounds that investigations by authorities against individuals cannot be reviewed by the courts.
It also said it was bound by a 2017 Federal Court decision involving lawyer Latheefa Koya’s challenge to MACC for issuing a…