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High Court Acquits Muhyiddin Yassin on Four Charges

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  • Former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin was acquitted of four charges.
  • Prosecutors said they no longer wanted to pursue those counts in his Jana Wibawa trial.
  • The cleared charges included three money-laundering counts and one abuse-of-power case involving 200 million ringgit (US$49.1 million).
  • The decision left three abuse-of-power counts still pending.
  • High Court judge Noor Ruwena Md Nurdin ordered full acquittal after rejecting a discharge-not-amounting-to-acquittal request.