PUTRAJAYA, Feb 10 — The Federal Court today dismissed an application from two former Penang state assemblymen who were seeking leave to appeal a decision regarding the validity...
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Justice Hasnah, sitting with Federal Court judges Datuk Abdul Karim Abdul Jalil and Datuk Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera, did not make any order as to costs. On December 8, 2023, Penang High Court judge Datuk Anand Ponnudurai ruled that Zulkifli and Dr Afif were correctly disqualified from the state assembly following their expulsion from PKR, in accordance with Article 14A of the Penang State Constitution, which prohibits party hopping.
He held that both Khaliq and Zolkifly remained as members of the state assembly from May 2018 to June last year and ordered that they be paid all financial entitlements due to them until the assembly’s dissolution. The state assembly and Law did not appeal this decision to the Court of Appeal.
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