The Federal Court struck out a leave application by two practising Christians from Sabah to appeal the reinstatement of a lawsuit against Abdul Hadi Awang over the PAS president’s alleged seditious statement against followers of the faith.

A three-person Federal Court bench chaired by Chief Judge of Malaya Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah today unanimously allowed a preliminary objection raised by Hadi’s counsel Yusfarizal Yussof.

Yusfarizal raised an objection over...