The Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court has allowed the temporary release of Muhyiddin Yassin's passport so the former prime minister can visit a family member with cancer in Australia.

Judge Azura Alwi granted the application raised by defence counsel Hisyam Teh Poh Teik when deputy public prosecutor Nor Asma Ahmad did not object to the temporary passport-release bid.

"The reason as stated in the affidavit is to visit a close member of the family in Australia who is in remission for bowel cancer," the lawyer informed the court.