PUTRAJAYA, May 22 -- The Court of Appeal has dismissed Kinabatangan MP Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin and his wife Datin Seri Zizie Izette Abdul Samad's application for leave to review a previous ruling ordering them to enter their defence on corruption charges.

According to Free Malaysia Today (FMT), the three-member panel led by Judge Datuk Che Ruzima Ghazali ruled that the threshold for a review of the earlier decision had not been met.

"The threshold for review is high, and as the apex court (for subordinate courts), we are cautious in exercising such power as it goes against the principle of finality.

"Such power can only be exercised in exceptional cases. Applicants must show there was injustice and that they have no alternative re...