The Kota Bharu High Court today allowed an application by former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin to transfer his sedition trial from the Gua Musang Sessions Court to the Kuala Lumpur High Court.

The decision, made by Judge Azmi Abdullah, involves a case where Muhyiddin is accused of making seditious remarks during the recent Nenggiri by-election campaign.

The Pagoh MP’s lawyer, Amer Hamzah Arshad, explained that the application was based on...