Lawyer says court decision to dismiss Sipitang election petition ‘unusual’
Lawyer Chung Jiun Dau said the Election Court’s decision today to strike out the case as unusual. — Reuters pic
“He assumed we could not proceed but we had only asked for rescheduling so that the trial can proceed smoothly, not that we could not proceed, let me emphasise that. The petition was filed by Parti Warisan Sabah’s Noor Hayaty Mustapha, who is seeking to nullify the results of the election last May which saw Yamani Hafez Musa, the son of former chief minister Tan Sri Musa Aman, winning by a 852 margin.
Chung also said that he had suggested May 7 to 10 to hear the petition because the opposing lawyers would also be available on those days. The court had in February this year set the trial for April 8-12, June 17-28, July 1-12 and July 23-31.
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