KUALA LUMPUR, June 15 -- The Court of Appeal has granted the prosecution more time to locate former research assistant Yusoff Rawther and personally serve him with a notice of appeal against his acquittal on drug trafficking and imitation firearms charges.

According to Free Malaysia Today, the prosecution had sought an extension after failing to effect personal service of the notice of appeal on Yusoff, the respondent in the case.

A three-member bench chaired by Justice Datuk Azman Abdullah said the court was bound by legal precedent requiring personal service of the notice.

"Under Section 314 of the Criminal Procedure Code, the appellant (prosecution) must serve the notice personally on the respondent," he said.

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