The Court of Appeal has set dates to hear Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s bid to put his sexual assault civil suit on hold, ahead of the case’s next hearing at the Kuala Lumpur High Court on June 16.

According to a report by Free Malaysia Today, the court has set June 10 to hear Anwar’s application for an interim stay on the proceedings, and June 21 to hear his application for a permanent stay until the outcome of the appeal has been decided.

The report quoted Anwar’s lawyer K Rajasegaran saying that...