The two owners of Crackhouse Comedy Club have turned to the civil court to overturn Kuala Lumpur City Hall’s (DBKL) permanent ban against them from registering any business in the capital and to reinstate the club’s business licence.

Mohamad Rizal Johan Van Geyzel and Shankar R Santhiram’s judicial review came on the heels of a controversial stand-up routine at the club in Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Kuala Lumpur, in the middle of last year.

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