KUALA LUMPUR: Putrajaya has given notice that it wants to quash two lawsuits filed here by Malaysians on death row in Singapore after they were found guilty of trafficking drugs.
Lawyer N Surendran said this was made known by government lawyer Umar Saifuddin Jaafar who appeared before High Court judge Hanipah Farikullah today.

It is unclear the basis for Putrajaya’s objection and court has fixed March 7 to hear the matter, says lawyer N Surendran. Pic from FMT News.
“We do not know the basis for the objection,” Surendran told reporters after a case management in chambers.
Surendran said the government had been instructed to file its objection by Feb 20 and his clients would reply by Feb 27.
Hanipah fixed March 7 to hear the objection and also hear whether to grant leave for the judicial review applications by the two men.
Surendran, together with counsel Raul Lee Baskaran, represented S Prabagaran and K Datchinamurthy while Saifuddin was assisted by Federal Counsel Nadia Hanim.
Prabagaran filed his leave application for judicial review on Jan 16 while Datchinamurthy submitted his legal papers last Friday. Read more