Twelve state leaders of the Malaysian Malay Chamber of Commerce (DPMM) today failed in their bid to get an order for a declaration that the DPMM’s annual general meeting held in 2010 was null and void.

High Court Judge Rosnaini Saub dismissed with RM10,000 costs an originating summons filed by them against three DPMM senior office-bearers.

Six DPMM state presidents, together with their respective honorary secretaries, filed the originating summons against DPMM president Syed Ali Mohamed Al-Attas, secretary-general Hanafee Yusoff and treasurer-general Norsyahrin Hamid Hamidon.

The plaintiffs are Malacca president Md Ramly Mohamad and secretary Jeffryl Norbi; Negri Sembilan president Ahmad Yusof and secretary Rohaizan Mohd Rashid; Selangor president Rozali Ismail and secretary Yusra Sabar; Terengganu president Tengku Ismail Tengku Jaafar and

secretary Ahmad Izani Ab Ghani; Pahang president Tengku Zulkifly Tengku Ahmad and secretary Wan Ahmad Zulaidi Wan Hasan and Perak president Muhammad Muhiyuddin Abdullah and secretary Abdul Razak Mohd Ali.

In the summons filed last year, they sought a declaration that the DPMM annual general meeting on June 26, 2010, was null and void, claiming that the election was rigged, with manipulation done by the secretary-general.

They also sought a court order for a new election for the three posts be held within 30 days of the order.  

- Bernama