{
  "id": 12781320,
  "title": "AG, Zahid get leave to appeal ruling allowing Bar’s challenge on corruption charges",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/ag-zahid-get-leave-to-appeal-ruling-allowing-bars-challenge-on",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-08T03:47:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/10/08/ag-zahid-get-leave-to-appeal-ruling-allowing-bar-s-challenge-on-corruption-charges"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Attorney-General and Ahmad Zahid Hamidi have been granted leave to appeal a recent ruling by the Court of Appeal. The court's decision allows the Malaysian Bar to challenge the discontinuation of 47 corruption charges against Zahid. This case raises novel constitutional questions of public importance, according to the three-judge bench. The High Court applied a two-stage threshold to review the AG's prosecutorial decisions, while the Court of Appeal used a single-stage test under Order 53 of the Rules of Court 2012. The appeal alleges that the Court of Appeal applied a less stringent standard when dealing with the AG's prosecutorial powers.",
  "summary": "Federal Court rules that the AG and Umno president crossed the threshold required under Section 96 of the Courts of Judicature Act 1964.",
  "key_points": [],
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    "outlets": 6,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Federal Court allows Zahid's bid to appeal Malaysian Bar's challenge on 47 charges",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/federal-court-allows-zahids-bid-to-appeal-malaysian-bars-challenge-on",
        "published": "2026-10-08T03:12:09.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malaysiakini",
        "title": "Yayasan Akalbudi: Apex court grants Zahid, AG leave to appeal Bar's judicial review bid",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/yayasan-akalbudi-apex-court-grants-zahid-ag-leave-to-appeal-bars",
        "published": "2026-10-08T03:31:29.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "AG, Zahid get leave to appeal ruling allowing Bar’s challenge on corruption charges",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/ag-zahid-get-leave-to-appeal-ruling-allowing-bars-challenge-on-12782719",
        "published": "2026-10-08T03:47:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Federal Court allows Zahid, AG to appeal Malaysian Bar’s challenge of DNAA in Yayasan Akalbudi case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/federal-court-allows-zahid-ag-to-appeal-malaysian-bars-challenge-of",
        "published": "2026-10-08T04:43:15.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Dawn - Pakistan",
        "title": "Peshawar High Court acquits police official in evidence fabrication case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/peshawar-high-court-acquits-police-official-in-evidence-fabrication",
        "published": "2026-10-08T04:55:23.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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