Court affirms Mas Ermieyati’s win in Masjid Tanah

Barisan Nasional candidate Abdul Hakim Abdul Wahid had alleged that money was paid to induce voters to vote for PN’s Mas Ermieyati Samsudin.

PETALING JAYA: The election court in Melaka has affirmed Mas Ermieyati Samsudin’s victory in the Masjid Tanah parliamentary election in the 15th general election. Election court judge Abu Bakar Katar dismissed an election petition filed by Barisan Nasional candidate Abdul Hakim Abdul Wahid to unseat Mas Ermieyati, of Perikatan Nasiuonal.

Mas Ermieyati’s lawyer, Faizi Che Abu, said the court held that Hakim had failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that money was paid during the campaign period to induce voters to vote for PN. Mas Ermieyati won the seat with a 4,411-vote majority against Hakim. The others ion the four-cornered contest were Muda’s Mutalib Uthman and Pejuang’s Handrawirawan Abu Bakar.

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