Election court dismisses BN petition to disqualify Kemaman’s PAS MP

Election court dismisses BN petition to disqualify Kemaman’s PAS MP

Judge agrees that allegations of bribery and corruption against Che Alias Hamid are ‘defective and invalid’.

PAS’ Che Alias Hamid won the Kemaman parliamentary seat in the last general election. (Bernama pic)
KUALA TERENGGANU:
The Terengganu election court today dismissed a petition filed by Barisan Nasional (BN) against Kemaman MP Che Alias Hamid and confirmed the PAS representative’s victory in last year’s general election (GE15).

PAS’ law and human rights bureau secretary, Ahmad Lufti Awang, said judge Abazafree Mohd Abbas ordered petitioner Wan Mohamad Hisham Wan Abdul Jalil to pay costs totalling RM30,000 to Che Alias.

He said that in the proceeding, conducted via Zoom, Abazafree agreed with one of the four preliminary objection issues presented by the defence that the allegations of bribery and corruption were defective and invalid.

This was because the seven official programmes organised by the Terengganu government, namely Bantuan i-Belia, i-Siswa and donation programmes for the disabled and asnaf groups, showed no details of bribery or kickbacks, he said in a statement.

However, the court allowed Wan Mohamad Hisham to file an appeal to the Federal Court within 14 days.

Che Alias was represented by lawyers Saifuddin Othman, Wan Rohimi Wan Daud and Mohd Nasir Embong.

Lawyers Hafarizam Harun, Abu Bakar Isa Ramat, Amin Othman, Mohamed Baharudeen and Norhazira Abu Haiyan acted for Wan Mohamad Hisham.

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