The High Court in Kuala Lumpur has set Dec 14 to hear the Malaysian United Democratic Alliance’s (Muda) legal challenge against Home Minister Hamzah Zainudin’s refusal of the group’s appeal for registration as a political party.

Muda’s counsel Lim Wei Jiet (above) confirmed that the court fixed the hearing date during case management of the judicial review application (the online case management between parties began yesterday and was wrapped up today).

“The hearing was fixed...