The Federal Court in Putrajaya today ordered a trial for the election petition brought by Karim Bujang, Warisan's GE14 candidate for the Kimanis parliamentary seat, to challenge its winner Anifah Aman.
The five-member panel that made the ruling was led by Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak David Wong Dak Wah and comprised of federal judges Alizatul Khair Osman Khairuddin, Rohana Yusuf, Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, and P Nallini.
The panel ruled that Karim complied to the Election Petition Rules 1954 and instructed Anifah to pay RM50,000 in costs to Karim.
Karim was represented by Frederick Chang Tyn Chi and Syaiful Sufyyan Sidin, while Ansari Abdullah and Tengku Ahmad Fuad Tengku Ahmad represented Anifah.
The case mention will be heard at the Election Court in Kota Kinabalu on Wednesday.
In November last year, the Election Court had struck out the suit by Karim after allowing Anifah's application filed on Aug 24, as it was decided that Karim had failed to comply with the Election Petition Rules on several issues.
In the 14th general election, Anifah won by a slim majority of 156 votes.
He garnered 11,942 votes, while Karim got 11,786 votes. - Mkini
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