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The Edge Malaysia | In a first in Malaysia’s political history, three former Prime Ministers walked into the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex on Thursday to face their own legal battles. The respective legal teams for Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob and Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin include lawyers Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad, Joshua Tay, and Tan Xu Yin.

Free Malaysia Today | A businessman who claimed to have met former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin at a golf club in 2020 was unable to confirm to the High Court exactly when the meeting took place. Muhyiddin’s legal team includes lawyers Amer Hamzah Arshad, Joshua Tay, and Tan Xu Yin, and pupil in chambers Michelle Chew.

Malay Mail | A key prosecution witness, Datuk Seri Azman Yusoff, today agreed that he had come to court to testify against former PM Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin in order to save himself from being charged in his own corruption case. Muhyiddin’s legal team includes lawyers Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad, Joshua Tay, and Tan Xu Yin, and pupil in chambers Michelle Chew.

The Edge Malaysia | Former PM Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s defence counsel questioned the timeline discrepancies in key prosecution witness Datuk Azman Yusoff’s written statements regarding an alleged meeting at a golf tournament. The legal team includes lawyers Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad, Joshua Tay, and Tan Xu Yin, and pupil in chambers Michelle Chew.

Free Malaysia Today | Lawyers for former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob are mulling a challenge to the charge against their client, saying the assets he allegedly failed to declare are in the Government’s possession. Ismail Sabri’s legal team includes lawyers Amer Hamzah Arshad, Joshua Tay, and Tan Xu Yin.

The Edge Malaysia | Defence counsel Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad said that the charges brought against his client, former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri, were peculiar, as the cash amounts were already within the Government’s possession. Ismail Sabri’s legal team includes lawyers Joshua Tay and Tan Xu Yin.

Malay Mail | Malaysian Chinese businessman Lian Tan Chuan today said he was not intentionally hiding his name from official records on who actually owned the Bumiputera contractor Nepturis Sdn Bhd, claiming that “nobody” had asked about it. Muhyiddin’s legal team includes lawyers Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad, Joshua Tay, and Tan Xu Yin, and pupil in chambers Michelle Chew.

Free Malaysia Today | Metrasys director Lian Tian Chuan admitted in the High Court that he used his other firm, Nepturis, which was structured as a wholly Bumiputera-owned firm, as a vehicle to secure government projects allocated to Bumiputera contractors. Muhyiddin Yassin’s legal team includes lawyers Amer Hamzah Arshad, Joshua Tay, and Tan Xu Yin, and pupil in chambers Michelle Chew.

The Star | A businessman who contributed RM1mil to Bersatu told the High Court that party president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin never sought contributions for himself or the party, as he did not know the former Prime Minister personally. Muhyiddin’s legal team includes lawyers Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad, Joshua Tay, and Tan Xu Yin, and pupil in chambers Michelle Chew.

The Edge | During cross-examination by Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad, a key prosecution witness in Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s trial conceded that an assertion in his written statement claiming that the former PM had minuted a support letter for his company was factually inaccurate. Muhyiddin’s legal team includes lawyers Joshua Tay, and Tan Xu Yin, and pupil in chambers Michelle Chew.