The Election Commission (EC) has agreed to hold a local inquiry following objections filed by Bandar Tun Razak voters on the present redelineation exercise. 

Following this, three voters withdrew their judicial review application filed against the EC's earlier decision to not hold an inquiry, said lawyer Syahredzan Johan who represented the three voters. 

"As the EC has agreed to hold the inquiry, we are withdrawing this judicial review application. One of the voters received a letter from the EC on July 27 to inform their intention to hold the inquiry," he told reporters, adding no order was made as to costs. 

He had earlier informed Kuala Lumpur High Court's Justice Kamaludin Md Said about the withdrawal of the application.

According to Syahredzan, this is the third time EC had decided to hold a local inquiry after their initial decision not to do so were taken to court - the first two being in Setiawangsa and Segambut. 

Senior federal counsel Muzila Mohd Arshad appeared for the Attorney General's Chambers. Initially, the case was fixed for the hearing of leave (permission), where upon the granting of the leave, the merits of the case will be heard.

Now that the EC has agreed to hold the local inquiry, it is now scheduled on Aug 8.

Mohamad Saiful Mansur, Mohd Khairuddin Asmuin, and Norma Hashim filed the judicial review to compel the EC to hold the local inquiry after getting more than 100 objections.

The three wanted to challenge the EC's decision to not hold a local inquiry by getting 99 others voters to object to the re-delineation. They are also seeking a mandamus order to compel the EC to hold the inquiry, which they claimed went against Section 5 of the Third Schedule of the Federal Constitution.

Mohamad Saiful told reporters that they (voters) sought the inquiry after finding out that some voters were purportedly transferred out, and some, brought in.

Bersih deputy chairperson Shahrul Aman Mohd Saari, who was also present at the case, said the EC should be facilitating voters and not cause problems to voters when the conditions have been abided.

“When there are more than 100 objections raised by voters, they (EC) should hold the inquiry and not wait until the matter is filed in court. The job of the EC is to facilitate voters and not to create a burden to the people when there is an objection."

He added that Bersih had received hundreds of complaints of voters being moved and is glad that Bandar Tun Razak constituents have taken the initiative to file their objections.

Shahrul Aman said the EC has a constitutional duty to ensure that there are no problems raised with regards to the electoral roll.

“Recently, there was a complaint about 7,000 dubious voters in Sekinchan, and the EC should be quick to respond to the problem and make sure there would not be cheating when the election comes,” he said.