Warisan's Kukusan assemblyperson Rina Jainal succeeded in striking out an election petition by BN-Umno candidate Chaya Sulaiman.

The Election Court in Tawau, Sabah, allowed Rina’s striking-out application during proceedings conducted online via Zoom two days ago.

Through the election petition filed on Oct 19 last year, Chaya claimed that bribery was reasonably the cause of how Rina wrested the Kukusan seat with a mere 10-vote majority in the 2020 Sabah state election

However, through the striking-out bid dated Nov 16 last year, Rina claimed, among others, that the election petition failed to provide sufficient...