RM150 bribe: Voter petition to nullify GE15 Putrajaya result

A voter in Putrajaya has filed a petition to nullify the 15th general election (GE15) result for the parliamentary constituency.

Putrajaya was won by Perikatan Nasional (PN) candidate Mohd Radzi Md Jidin, claiming the MP had bribed registered voters in the area with RM500 for their votes.

Putrajaya Umno division vice-chief Ahmad Faisal Abdul Karim, 49, filed the petition at the High Court in Kuala Lumpur on Jan 26 through Messrs Hafarizam Wan & Aisha Mubarak, naming Radzi, 45, as respondent.

He is seeking a court order to declare that Radzi should not be declared the winner of the election, held on Nov 19 last year as his alleged bribes induced voters to vote for him and not other candidates.

The bribes were allegedly discovered through a Whatsapp Group on Nov 21 and Dec 21 last year, as well as Jan 4.

During yesterday’s proceedings in front of Judge Faizah Jamaludin, Radzi’s counsel Takiyuddin Hassan objected to the petition on the basis that the petitioner failed to provide the personal details of the Whatsapp users.

"No full names, no identity card numbers, and addresses. The petitioner also failed to plead details showing any payments by the respondent’s agents on the respondent’s orders,” he said.

Meanwhile, the plaintiff’s lawyer Mohd Hafarizam Harun said the initial objection filed by the respondent on Feb 12 did not bear merit and the petition needed to be heard in a full trial.

"We submit that the only way for an election judge to determine whether the person giving out the money on behalf of the respondent or otherwise is a triable issue (is) that is ought to be settled by way of examination of witnesses during the trial of the petition," he said.

Judge Faizah set March 10 for the decision on the initial objection after hearing both parties’ arguments.

Radzi won the Putrajaya seat with 16,002 votes, beating four-term incumbent Tengku Adnan of BN, who obtained 13,692 votes.

- Bernama

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