Court dismisses Johor voter’s application to challenge EC

KUALA LUMPUR: A registered voter of the Skudai state constituency today failed in his judicial review application to challenge the action of the Election Commission (EC) to bar him from voting in the Johor state election on March 12.

When contacted by Bernama, lawyer New Sin Yew, who represented RK Tamileswaaran as the applicant, said that High Court justice Amarjeet Singh dismissed his client’s application with no order as to costs.

On June 22, Tamileswaaran obtained permission to initiate legal proceedings against EC and the Malaysian government as the first and second respondents respectively.