Selangor polls: Election petitions to annul results of four seats - MB

Election petitions to annul the results of four seats won by Perikatan Nasional in the Selangor state election last month will be filed soon, said Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari.

"They (petitions) are being fine-tuned. We have discussed them on behalf of PKR first and we have checked all matters. Insya-Allah, they will be filed soon, we are waiting for the process of the gazette decision that has been done," he said.

He told reporters today after officiating the Selangor-level 2023 Fit Malaysia programme in Kuala Langat.

The Election Commission announced the results and voting statements after the official tallying of state election votes in six states was gazetted on Aug 29.

Before this, Pakatan Harapan and BN were considering filing election petitions to annul the results of the Sungai Kandis, Taman Medan, Gombak Setia and Dengkil state seats, with low victory margins.

The results for the four seats saw Harapan-BN lose by 407 votes in Dengkil, Sungai Kandis (167), Gombak Setia (58) and Taman Medan (30).

Amirudin, also the Selangor Harapan chairperson, said the matter was discussed in a political bureau meeting and the coalition's leadership council with a team of lawyers who would do further research on the cases involving four of the seats.

Six states - Kedah, Penang, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Terengganu and Kelantan - went to the polls on Aug 12.

Illegal dumpsite

In a separate matter, Amirudin said the cost of cleaning up an illegal dumpsite in Kapar, Klang is under the responsibility of the land owner as it is a private property owner.

"But in many of our experiences, the state government will eventually intervene and of course, we will share the cost with the landlord.

“If there is none, we will do the expropriation process and so on because the land use is not in accordance with what has been set in the land use conditions,” he said.

Bernama previously reported that the amount of rubbish at the site was estimated to be between 30,000 to 50,000 metric tonnes with the cost of cleaning possibly involving millions of ringgit.

- Bernama

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