Lawyer quarantined, so Undi18 legal bid hearing postponed

A member of the legal team acting for Young Voters Association (Undi18) was quarantined due to close contact with a Covid-19 positive patient.

As a result, the Kuala Lumpur High Court postponed to May 24 today’s initially scheduled hearing of the association’s legal challenge over the delay in implementing the lowering of voting age.

Undi18’s counsel Lim Wei Jiet told Malaysiakini today that the legal team had earlier written to the court informing about the quarantine involving one of their lawyers.

He said they had proposed to the court for the hearing...