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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.
The Star
15-05-2025
- The Star
Federal Court dismisses habeas corpus appeal by GISB Holdings CEO, wife
PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court has dismissed the habeas corpus appeal filed by GISB Holdings Sdn Bhd (GISBH) CEO Nasiruddin Mohd Ali and his wife, Azura Md Yusof. The two had filed an appeal challenging their detention under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (Sosma). The three-judge panel chaired by Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, decided on Thursday (May 15) that the application by Nasiruddin, 66, and Azura, 58, lacked merit. In the unanimous decision, she and Justices Datuk Abu Bakar Jais and Datuk Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera said the court rejected their appeal. "This appeal lacks merit, the application is dismissed, and the decision of the High Court is upheld," she said. Nasiruddin and Azura filed the habeas corpus application naming the Home Minister, the Inspector-General of Police, the Public Prosecutor, the Director of Selangor State and Kuala Lumpur Prisons, and the Government of Malaysia as respondents. Previously, on Jan 14, the Johor Bahru High Court dismissed the couple's habeas corpus application. Judge Datuk Abu Bakar Katar stated that when the Notice of Motion for the habeas corpus application was filed on Oct 24 last year, the applicants were not under Sosma detention. He stated that the applicants were under a valid Detention Warrant issued by the Selayang Sessions Court. For the record, the Shah Alam High Court granted eight female defendants, including Azura bail. All eight were charged with being members of a criminal group. However, Nasiruddin and 12 other applicants on the same charge were not granted bail. Last October, Nasiruddin, Azura, and 19 others were charged at the Selayang Sessions Court, but no pleas were recorded from all the accused after the charges were read out, as the case falls under the jurisdiction of the High Court. According to the charges read separately, they were found to be members of an organised criminal group, Global Ikhwan Services and Business Holdings (GISBH), at a location on Jalan Desa, in Bandar Country Homes, Rawang, between October 2020 and 11 September 2024. The charges were filed under Section 130V(1) of the Penal Code, which carries a minimum prison sentence of five years and a maximum of 20 years if convicted.
