PETALING JAYA: Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah(pix) obtained court assent to release his passport for a month in order to fly to Italy to attend his daughters’ school transfer, Malaysiakini reports.
The Kuala Lumpur High Court reportedly allowed Shafee’s application to temporarily release his passport from July 8 to Aug 11.
According to a copy of the application filed on June 24 by law firm Shafee & Co, the lawyer wished to meet his second daughter there and assist in the transfer of her studies from the International School in Milan to the International School of Kuala Lumpur.
Shafee also wished to visit his eldest daughter who is currently studying at John Cabot University in Rome.
The lawyer’s counsel, Wee Yeong Kang confirmed that the court allowed the temporary passport release bid, with no objections raised by deputy public prosecutor Afzainizam Abdul Aziz.
