Election petition: Court issues arrest warrants against 2 witnesses

The Malacca Election Court has issued arrest warrants against two witnesses who failed to turn up during today’s full trial of BN candidate Abdul Hakim Abdul Wahid’s petition challenging PN leader Mas Ermieyati Samsudin’s victory for the Masjid Tanah parliamentary seat in the 15th general election.

Abdul Hakim’s lawyer Amin Othman today informed the media that the arrest warrant targeted the petitioner’s two witnesses - namely Bersatu Youth (Armada) national chairperson Akmal Zahin Zainal Zahir and Mas Ermieyati’s former chief private secretary, Noor Hashimah Noordin...