Perikatan Nasional lawyer Rafique Rashid Ali has confirmed that the Registrar of Societies (ROS) and Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail have appealed against a High Court order suspending the coalition’s deregistration.

“I can confirm that the Notice of Appeal was served on PN solicitors this morning.

“We had anticipated this. We will respond to the appeal accordingly,” Rafique told Malaysiakini.

The notice of appeal, filed by senior federal counsel, names ROS director-general Zulfikar Ahmad and Saifuddin as the appellants. They are challenging Kuala Lumpur High Court judge Azizan Arshad’s decision yesterday to suspend the deregistration.