The sacking of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as deputy prime minister and finance minister of Malaysia 11 years ago was lawful, the Federal Court ruled. Court of Appeal President Alauddin Mohd Sheriff and Federal Court judges Mohd Ghazali Mohd Yusof and Abdul Hamid Embong unanimously dismissed Anwar’s final appeal for a declaration that his dismissal from his cabinet posts in September 2, 1998, was unconstitutional. Alauddin held that the then prime minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, had the authority under the Federal Constitution to sack his cabinet minister.
LAWFUL DISMISSAL
LAWFUL DISMISSAL
