Court rejects petition challenging outcome of Sungai Udang state seat
Judge Azman Abdullah decided this after scrutinising and hearing the statements of all 20 witnesses during the trial which started on March 24 until April 20.
Lawyer Rosli Dahlan, representing Sungai Udang assemblyperson Dr Mohd Aleef Yusof, said the court...
The Malacca Election Court today rejected a petition filed by BN candidate Mohamad Ali Mohamad to challenge the result of the state election for the Sungai Udang state seat.
Judge Azman Abdullah decided this after scrutinising and hearing the statements of all 20 witnesses during the trial which started on March 24 until April 20.
Lawyer Rosli Dahlan, representing Sungai Udang assemblyperson Dr Mohd Aleef Yusof, said the court decided that the accusations against the Election Commission (EC), returning officer for Sungai Udang and Aleef on irregularities in the voting during the Melaka state election last Nov 20 were not true.
“Two accusations on corruptions by Aleef too were untrue. As such, the court finds that all the accusations are baseless,” he told reporters when met after the decision at the Air Keroh Courts Complex today.
Mohamad Ali (above), who was represented by his line-up of lawyers, namely, Amin Othman, Rosfinah Rahmat, Wan Hamidah Wan Ismail and Nor Hazira Abu Haiyan, did not attend the proceeding today.
Mohamad Ali, 57, who lost in the Malacca state election on Nov 20 last year, filed an election petition on Dec 14 to annul the victory of Aleef, 35, of Perikatan Nasional, alleging that there were elements of corruption involved in the election for the Sungai Udang seat.
He named Aleef, who won with a 530-vote majority in a four-cornered fight, the returning officer and the EC as the first to third respondents.
The hearing of the election petition took place on March 24 after the court rejected the preliminary objection submitted by the three respondents.
- Bernama
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