Sipitang MP Yamani Hafez Musa speaks to reporters at Sabah PPBM’s chief coordinator’s Raya open house in Tuaran, Sabah June 20, 2019. — Picture by Julia Chan
“The court was not persuaded with the Petitioner’s appeal that the Election Court erred in his decision. Therefore, the appeal is dismissed with costs of RM40,000 to the first respondent and RM30,000 to the second and third respondent,” said Tengku Maimum in her judgment. “The judgment is correct. The petitioner was given directions on multiple occasions to be ready for trial but the directions were not heeded and not a single document was filed . That is contumelious conduct and the court was correct in striking out the election petition,” said counsel for Yamani, Tengku Fuad Ahmad.
“Syukur alhamdullilah. Its been a long trial, even went all the way to Federal court. I’m happy with the result. We had a great team, a dream team, good lead counsel and lawyers around him, I’m very happy with the results,” he said.