Kuala Lampur, April 21 -- The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) will contest the Session Court's acquittal today of former Johor exco Datuk Abdul Latif Bandi over 37 charges of corruption and money laundering from a previous a housing and land scandal.

The commission said it will file the notice of its appeal within the 14-day deadline to do so.

"[The MACC] will appeal the matter to the High Court following discussions with the deputy public prosecutor," it said in a statement today.

This morning, Sessions Court judge Kamarudin Kamsun in Johor Baru fully acquitted Latif, his son Ahmad Fauzan Hatim, and property consultant Amir Shariffuddin Abd Raub who had been jointly charged with him.

In April 2017, all three were charged ...