The High Court in Johor Bahru has fixed Nov 7 to decide whether to call former Johor executive councillor Abd Latif Bandi, his son and a real estate consultant to enter their defence or acquit them on 37 counts of corruption and money laundering charges amounting to over RM35 million four years ago.

Judge Abu Bakar Katar made the decision after hearing arguments from both the prosecution, led by MACC deputy director Wan Shahruddin Wan Ladin, and the defence, led by lawyer Salehuddin Saidin, during the appeal proceedings, which lasted two days.

On June 14, 2017, Latif (above), 55, who is also a former state housing...