Pursuant to section 50 of the Legal Profession Act 1976, the ballots in respect of the annual election of members of the Bar Council were counted on 1 December 2018, and the first twelve persons listed below were elected for the 2019/2020 term.
Note: The candidate's name as it appears in his/her Practising Certificate is stated first, followed by the candidate's preferred name (in parentheses), if the two names are different.
(1) |
Hendon Mohamed |
3,375 |
(2) |
Sulaiman Abdullah (Haji Sulaiman Abdullah) |
2,691 |
(3) |
Chan Weng Keng (Chan Weng Keng Roger) |
2,643 |
(4) |
Karen Cheah Yee Lynn |
2,154 |
(5) |
Ravindran A/L Nekoo @ Veloo (Ravi Nekoo) |
2,147 |
(6) |
Muhammad Rafique Bin Rashid Ali (Rafique) |
2,132 |
(7) |
Mohamad Ezri B Abdul Wahab (Ezri) |
2,087 |
(8) |
Andrew Khoo Chin Hock |
2,070 |
(9) |
Lukman Sheriff B Alias (Lukman Sheriff Alias) |
1,992 |
(10) |
Roger Tan Kor Mee |
1,975 |
(11) |
Salim Bin Bashir Bhaskaran (Salim Bashir) |
1,922 |
(12) |
Yusfarizal Bin Yussoff |
1,880 |
(13) |
Jayabalan A/L Raman Kutty (R. Jayabalan) |
1,862 |
(14) |
Fariz Irwan Bin Mustafa (Tuan Hj Fariz Irwan Bin Dato’ Hj Mustafa) |
1,856 |
(15) | Dipendra A/L Harshad Rai (H R Dipendra) | 1,805 |
(16) | Tan Lay Ean (Honey Tan Lay Ean) | 1,758 |
(17) | Siti Zabedah Binti Kasim (Siti Kasim) | 1,748 |
(18) | Khaizan Sharizad Binti Ab. Razak (Khaizan Sharizad (Sherrie)) | 1,587 |
(19) | New Sin Yew | 1,549 |
(20) | Anand Raj A/L R. Balasupramaniam (Anand Raj) | 1,458 |
(21) | Farez Bin Mohd Ali Jinnah (Farez Jinnah) | 1,207 |
(22) | Ravinder Singh Dhalliwal (Ravin Singh) | 1,180 |
(23) | Norliza Binti Rasool Khan (Liza Khan) | 1,100 |
(24) | Nizam Bashir Bin Abdul Kariem Bashir (Nizam Bashir) | 1,083 |
(25) | Mohd Amir Sharil Bahari Bin Md Noor (Amir Bahari) | 1,058 |
(26) | Ramachelvam Manimuthu (M. Ramachelvam) | 1,000 |
(27) | Jahaberdeen Mohamed Yunoos (Dato’ Sri Jahaberdeen @ Jabar) |
959 |
(28) | Kevin Sathiaseelan A/L Ramakrishnan (Joshua Kevin Sathiaseelan) | 718 |
(29) | Naranya Singh S/O Asa Singh (Dato Naran Singh) | 554 |
(30) | Tan Seng Cheong (Dato’ Ricky Tan) | 529 |
Total number of ballots issued: 19,001
Total number of ballots received: 5,512
Number of ballots where members were ineligible to vote: 46
Number of spoilt ballots: 11
Total number of valid ballots: 5,455
We declare the first twelve (12) persons named above duly elected to the Bar Council for 2019/2020, provided that the said persons were not disqualified from being nominated and are not disqualified from holding office under the Legal Profession Act 1976.
Dated this 1st day of December 2018.
S S Muker, Ahmad Moosdeen and Zainudin Ismail
Scrutineers
Hendon Mohamed | Sulaiman Abdullah (Haji Sulaiman Abdullah) | Chan Weng Keng (Chan Weng Keng Roger) | Karen Cheah Yee Lynn |
Ravindran A/L Nekoo @ Veloo (Ravi Nekoo) | Muhammad Rafique Bin Rashid Ali (Rafique) | Mohamad Ezri B Abdul Wahab (Ezri) | Andrew Khoo Chin Hock |
Lukman Sheriff B Alias (Lukman Sheriff Alias) | Roger Tan Kor Mee | Salim Bin Bashir Bhaskaran (Salim Bashir) | Yusfarizal Bin Yussoff |