KUALA LUMPUR: Six Malaysians in Britain have been granted leave for a judicial review by the High Court to compel the Election Commission (EC) to register them as absent voters in the next general election.
High Court (Appellate and Special Powers) judge Justice Rohana Yusuf set Dec 13 for case management and Jan 3 for the hearing.
Outside the courtroom, counsel Edmund Bon who represented the six, said he was happy that the leave has been granted and that the Attorney-General's Chambers did not object.
The six are Dr Teo Hoon Seong, electrical engineer V. Vinesh, entrepreneur Paramjeet Singh, Dr Yolanda Sydney Augustin, translator Sim Tze Wei and software architect Leong See See.
The applicants want a declaration that, as Malaysians staying abroad, they are entitled to be registered as absent voters and directed the EC, named as the sole respondent, to register them.
They want to quash a decision made by the EC, which notified them in a letter dated Sept 9, that it will not register them as absent voters.
Alternatively, they are asking for a court order directing the EC to make regulations and take appropriate action within 14 days from the court ruling to allow them to be registered as absent voters and/or postal voters for them to vote in the general election.
Apart from that, they are seeking for any other order and relief deemed fit by the court.
The six claimed they applied to the EC between January and March to be registered as absent voters under the Elections (Registration of Electors) Regulations 2002 but were registered, instead, as ordinary voters without their knowledge.
They claimed they were not notified their application was rejected, causing them to apply to the EC through their lawyer on Aug 22 to correct their registration in its list.
They claimed the EC rejected their application on the grounds they were not entitled to be registered as absent voters.
They claimed they could not take leave nor afford to buy flight tickets to return to Malaysia to vote when the election date is announced.
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