PUTRAJAYA: Petaling Jaya Utara Member of Parliament Tony Pua has failed to obtain leave from the Federal Court to appeal against the Immigration director-general’s order to bar him from traveling overseas. Chief Justice Tun Md Raus Sharif who chaired a three-man panel, today unanimously dismissed Pua’s application for leave to appeal. The other judges in the panel were Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak, Tan Sri Richard Malanjum and Federal Court judge Datuk Balia Yusof Wahi. It also ruled that a passport was a privilege accorded to citizens by the government, and not a citizen’s right to travel abroad. Although the travel ban on Pua was lifted on May 20, last year, he pursued the appeal to seek damages and wanted the court to determine the limits of the director-general’s power.

Source: New Strait Times November 06, 2017 08:03 UTC