The Court of Appeal has fixed July 13 to hear the Malaysian authorities’ appeal to quash a ruling for them to pay RM300,000 compensation to Khairuddin Abu Hassan over his 62-detention linked to the 1MDB affair.

The hearing is also for an appeal by Khairuddin (above), a stalwart of former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad, to secure higher damages than the one awarded by the Kuala Lumpur High Court over the 2015 detention....