Pandan voter fails in bid to get EC halt GE15

The Court of Appeal today dismissed an application by a Pandan voter for an injunction order to stop the Election Commission (EC) from holding the 15th general election (GE15) pending the outcome of his appeal.

A three-member panel, comprising judges Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera, M Gunalan and Mariana Yahya, in dismissing the application by Syed Iskandar Syed Jaafar, ruled that the applicant failed to establish the requirements under Section 44 of the Courts of Judicature Act 1964 for the court to grant the injunction.

He said the issue that...