Kuala Lampur, Nov. 14 -- The federal government has made the decision: not to appeal the Kota Kinabalu High Court ruling on Sabah's 40 per cent entitlement as provided for under the Federal Constitution but to appeal the defects in the Grounds of Judgement concerning allegations of abuse of power and constitutional breaches involving both governments since 1974.

Some quarters have called the decision confusing.

Let's refer to the case of Leisure Farm Corp Sdn Bhd & Ors v Kabushiki Kaisha Ngu, which was before the Kuala Lumpur High Court, whose decision was appealed to the Court of Appeal with a further appeal to the Federal Court.

In that case, the Plaintiff had entered into an agreement for the purchase of Golf Course land (the Land) ...