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The Star
16-05-2025
- Politics
- The Star
GISB CEO and wife lose habeas corpus appeal
PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court has dismissed an appeal by Global Ikhwan Services and Business Holdings (GISB) chief executive officer Datuk Nasiruddin Mohd Ali and his wife, Azura Md Yusof, seeking to have their habeas corpus application remitted to the High Court for a full hearing on its merits. Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, who chaired a three-member panel, delivered a unanimous decision that the appeal was devoid of merit. The panel upheld the Johor Baru High Court's decision to strike out the couple's habeas corpus application on grounds that the matter had become moot. Also sitting on the Federal Court panel were Justices Abu Bakar Jais and Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera. Nasiruddin, 65, and Azura, 58, had filed the application to challenge their detention under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (Sosma). On Jan 14, the Johor Baru High Court, presided by Justice Abu Bakar Katar, struck out the couple's application after allowing the respondents' preliminary objection that the matter had become moot. The judge held that at the time the application was filed on Oct 24 last year, the applicants were no longer detained under Sosma, but were held under a valid warrant of arrest issued by the Selayang Sessions Court. The respondents named in the application were the Home Minister, Inspector-General of Police, Public Prosecutor, directors of the Selangor and Kuala Lumpur Prisons Departments, and the government. The couple were initially arrested on Sept 19, 2024 and subsequently detained under Sosma on Oct 10. They were among 22 individuals charged in the Selayang Sessions Court on Oct 23 last year with being members of an organised criminal group operating in Bandar Country Homes, Rawang, Selangor, between October 2020 and September 2024. During yesterday's proceedings, their counsel Najib Zakaria contended that the habeas corpus application remained relevant notwithstanding its academic nature, as it raised live legal issues warranting adjudication, Bernama reported.
New Straits Times
15-05-2025
- Politics
- New Straits Times
GISB CEO, wife lose habeas corpus appeal over Sosma detention
PUTRAJAYA: GISB Holdings Sdn Bhd chairman and chief executive officer Nasiruddin Mohd Ali and his wife, Azura Md Yusof, today failed in their habeas corpus (wrongful detention) appeal challenging their detention under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act (Sosma). Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, who led a three-judge Federal Court panel, rejected the couple's appeal, as applicants, after hearing submissions from lawyer Najib Zakaria and senior federal counsel Mohd Zain Ibrahim as respondent. Tengku Maimun sat with judges Datuk Abu Bakar Jais and Datuk Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera to hear the appeal of Nasiruddin, 66, and Azura, 58, after the Johor Baru High Court in January dismissed their habeas corpus application. "This is our unanimous decision. We find no merit in this appeal. "This appeal is dismissed. The High Court decision is affirmed," she said. The other federal counsels were Mohamad Firdaus Sadina Ali, Nur Syahidah Mohamad Kamil and Nur Syafiqah Mohamed Yusoff. Aside from Najib, the other lawyers were Datuk Rosli Kamaruddin, Hasnan Hamzah, Boestamam Ahmad, Muhammad Zaim Rosli, Lokman Zainal, Schanni Feizal and Shaharuddin Osman. Aira Amira Anuar held a watching brief on behalf of the Malaysian Bar. On Jan 14, judge Datuk Abu Bakar Katar ruled that the court believed the couple were not placed under detention under Sosma when they filed the notice of motion for the habeas corpus application on Oct 24 last year. He had said the couple was detained under a valid warrant of arrest issued by the Selayang Sessions Court. The judge had said the couple's applicants were under a valid arrest warrant, and as a result, the habeas corpus writ had become academic. He had allowed the preliminary objection raised by the federal counsel. In the application, the couple had named the Home Minister, the Inspector-General of Police, the Public Prosecutor, the Selangor and Kuala Lumpur Prisons Department directors as well as the government of Malaysia as respondents. According to the application, an order is sought for a writ of habeas corpus to be issued to free them from the unlawful arrest and detention by the respondents. On Feb 12, Nasiruddin along with 21 others claimed trial to being members of an organised criminal group under GISB Holdings. They were accused of committing the offence under Section 130V(1) of the Penal Code between October 2020 and Sept 11, 2023 in Bandar Country Homes, Rawang. On March 24, the Shah Alam High Court denied bail to Nasiruddin while Azura was granted a bail of RM40,000 in two sureties.
