A total of 107 individuals filed an application with the High Court in Shah Alam seeking a stay order against the tabling of a report on the Election Commission's redelineation exercise in Parliament.

Each applicant represented more than 100 voters who objected the EC's second notice on its redelineation exercise for Selangor.

The applicants included former Bersih chairperson Maria Chin Abdullah, Selangor state speaker Hannah Yeoh, Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua and several Selangor state assemblypersons.

At a press conference today, Bersih acting chairperson Shahrul Aman Mohd Saari said the 107 individuals represented more than 10,000 Selangor voters from 17 state assembly constituencies and 11 parliamentary constituencies.

"We are filing the case to apply for a stay order over any tabling, discussion, debate or voting in Parliament on the final report of the redelineation exercise," Shahrul Aman said.

Apart from the EC, the application, which was filed yesterday, also named Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and Dewan Rakyat speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia.

Shahrul Aman (photo) said the application was filed because the EC failed to conduct a local inquiry for the groups that filed the case despite them having submitted their objections.

"The EC did not inform us regarding the status of our representation or on its local inquiry sessions, even though we have sent two official letters to the EC on Feb 28 and March 12," he added.

On March 9, the EC said it had completed its redelineation exercise and that the final report has been submitted to the prime minister.

However, Shahrul Aman said it would not be valid for the prime minister to table the report in Parliament as the EC had yet to truly complete its second local inquiry in Selangor.

Apart from the stay order, a case was also filed by activist Ivy Josiah and three other individuals against the EC on March 8, a day before the EC's report was submitted to the prime minister.

Yeoh said at the press conference that the Selangor state government will do "anything it can" to continue to challenge the EC in court.

"Simply because this election is crucial for the people of Selangor. The state government has saved enough cash reserve, it's a clean government, there is a lot of money there.

"We don't want this election to be stolen before our eyes," she said.

Maria, on the other hand, expressed disappointment with the courts, which she said have not stopped the EC from continuing with its "lies".

The redelineation exercise was delayed over a year after 15 cases were filed by various parties and challenged in court.

However, the applications to prevent the EC from implementing the redelineation were rejected by the courts.