KOTA KINABALU: The contempt of court proceedings involving former Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal, also Warisan president, over his alleged remarks in relation to the inquest into the death of Zara Qairina Mahathir have been stayed pending the outcome of a judicial review seeking to halt the inquest.
Sessions Court Judge Amir Shah Amir Hassan made the decision after partly allowing a preliminary objection raised by Shafie’s counsel against a committal application for contempt of court filed against him.
However, the court dismissed Shafie’s preliminary objection on the issue of whether the Sessions Court or the Coroner’s Court was the proper forum to hear the contempt proceedings.
The court fixed March 27 for further mention via Zoom.
