KUALA LUMPUR, March 28 — Former prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is now seeking to have the Court of Appeal restore the High Court’s acquittal of him over four abuse of power charges, by asking the appellate court to review its decision last month.

Previously, the Court of Appeal had on February 28 set aside the High Court’s acquittal of Muhyiddin and had ordered his criminal case to be sent back to the Sessions Court for trial.

Muhyiddin has now filed an application to the Court of Appeal to ask it to review and set aside the February 28 decision by one of its panels — chaired by Court of Appeal judge Datuk Hadhariah Syed Ismail, and composed of judges Datuk Azmi Ariffin and Datuk SM Komathy Suppiah; and ultimately also wants the Court of Appeal to restore the High Court’s decision last August 15 to strike out the four charges against him and to acquit him.

When contacted by Malay Mail last night, Muhyiddin’s lawyer Chetan Jethwani confirmed that his client’s review application at the Court of Appeal had been filed yesterday.

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