Rembau election petition struck out - The Star

By Sarban Singh

SEREMBAN: The High Court here struck out an election petition challenging the outcome of the Rembau parliamentary seat won by Umno Youth deputy chief Khairy Jamaluddin in the March 8 polls.

Judge Datuk Mohtaruddin Baki on Wednesday dismissed the petition with cost, saying that there were too many defects in the petition filed on April 25 by PKR supreme council member Badrul Hisham Shaharin, also known as the blogger “Chegu Bard".

"There were many allegations made .... For me, all the petitioner was doing was to cast his net wide enough hoping to strike something," he said in his ruling.

Khairy had polled 26,525 votes in the election, defeating Badrul with a 5,746-vote majority.

Khairy was making his electoral debut while Badrul had contested for the Rantau state seat in 2004 and lost.

Mohtaruddin said the petitioner had also failed to prove that any alleged irregularity by the Election Commission or its agents could have changed the outcome of the election.

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