Ku Li files petition challenging Gua Musang GE15 results

Ku Li files petition challenging Gua Musang GE15 results


Former Gua Musang MP Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah has filed a petition challenging the outcome of the polls for the parliamentary seat in the 15th general election (GE15).

The petition was filed by one Mohd Azmi Mahmood, on behalf of the Umno veteran on Jan 3, through the latter's lawyers Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, Mohd Hafarizam Harun, Abu Bakar Isa Ramat, and Mohd Baharudeen Mohd Ariff.

According to Astro Awani, the petition named Perikatan Nasional's (PN) Gua Musang MP Mohd Azizi Abu Naim, returning officer Ab Fattah Hasbullah, and the Election Commission (EC) as respondents.

Among others, the petition seeks for the results of the Gua Musang parliamentary seat election to be declared invalid, and for the EC to call for a by-election for the seat.

"Our client claims that money was paid out to some voters in return for their ballots, and several boxes of votes from certain voting centres were unaccounted for," Abu Bakar reportedly told the portal.

The management of the case was read out for the first time before the Deputy Registrar of the Kota Bharu High Court, Nik Habri Muhamad, at the Kota Bharu High Court on Thursday, while the next case management has been fixed for Jan 25.

In GE15, Tengku Razaleigh (above), who is better known as Ku Li, failed to defend the Gua Musang parliamentary seat for the 12th term, when he unexpectedly lost to Mohd Azizi, of PAS.

Mohd Azizi won with a slim majority of 163 votes after garnering 21,826 votes, while Tengku Razaleigh got 21,663 votes.