The Election Court in Malacca today extended the hearing of the Jasin parliamentary election petition, which had been scheduled to end today, to April 2 to 12.

The decision was made by Justice Abu Bakar Jais, who wanted the hearing to end by the extended date.

The hearing extension was to enable all witnesses involved in the petition to testify.

On March 6, the Court of Appeal here rejected the initial objection of Jasin MP Ahmad Hamzah to strike out the election petition filed by Pakatan Harapan candidate in the 14th general election Khairuddin Abu Hassan.

In this regard, the court had set the dates for the full trial from March 11 to 22.

Khairuddin who was represented by counsel Muniandy Vestanathan, while lawyer Mohd Hafarizam Harun represented Ahmad.

Firoz Hussein Ahmad Jamaluddin represented Jasin parliamentary constituency returning officer, Zamrud Yahya, and the Election Commission (EC).

- Bernama