The Syariah Appeals Court in Selangor has quashed jailed PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim’s qazaf (false accusation of illicit sex) application against lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah.

Justice Md Yusup Che Teh who led the three-member bench said, the judges agreed with scholarly arguments that 'zina' (illicit sex) also covered 'liwat' (sodomy).

However, Justice Md Yusup said the court was bound by the Selangor Syariah Crimes Enactment, which defines zina only as illicit sex between a man and a woman...