KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court’s Appellate and Special Powers Division here yesterday allowed an application by six Malaysians working abroad for leave to seek a judicial review concerning the Election Commission’s (EC) decision to not register them as absentee voters in the next general election.
Justice Datuk Rohana Yusuf fixed Jan 3 for hearing, after the plaintiffs’ counsel Edmund Bon informed the court that Senior Federal Counsel Amarjeet Singh representing the EC, had not objected to the matter.
Doctor Teo Hoon Seong, 43, electrical engineer V.Vinesh, 32, businessman Paramjeet Singh, 54, doctor Yolanda Sydney Agustin, 31, translator Sim Tze Wei, 28, and software architect Leong See See, 41, named the EC as sole respondent in their application filed last Oct 25 at the office of the registrar for Appellate and Special Powers through Advocates Chooi & Company.
The six who are living in the United Kingdom are seeking among others, a declaration that they are Malaysian citizens and had the right to be registered as absentee voters.
They are also seeking a certiorari order to quash the decision of the EC to not register them as absentee voters through a letter dated Sept 9.
They have further applied for a mandamus order to compel the EC to register them as absentee voters, and other orders that would allow them to be registered as absentee voters or postal voters in the next general election. — Bernama