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 3 December 2019, and the first twelve persons listed below were elected for the 2020/2021 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 | 2,913 |
(2) | Roger Tan Kor Mee (Datuk Roger Tan Kor Mee) | 2,620 |
(3) | Karen Cheah Yee Lynn | 2,553 |
(4) | New Sin Yew | 2,263 |
(5) | Salim Bin Bashir Bhaskaran (Salim Bashir) | 2,230 |
(6) | Muhammad Rafique Bin Rashid Ali (Muhammad Rafique) | 2,215 |
(7) | Mohamad Ezri B Abdul Wahab (Ezri) | 2,212 |
(8) | Tan Lay Ean (Honey Tan Lay Ean) | 2,145 |
(9) | Yusfarizal Bin Yussoff | 2,079 |
(10) | Dipendra A/L Harshad Rai (H. R. Dipendra) | 2,037 |
(11) | Murshidah Bt Mustafa (Murshidah Mustafa) | 2,021 |
(12) | Syazlin Binti Mansor (Syazlin Mansor) | 2,019 |
(13) | Lukman Sheriff B Alias (Lukman Sheriff Alias) | 1,999 |
(14) | Ravindran A/L Nekoo @ Veloo (Ravi Nekoo) | 1,994 |
(15) | Fariz Irwan Bin Mustafa (Tuan Haji Fariz Irwan Bin Dato' Haji Mustafa) | 1,911 |
(16) | Andrew Khoo Chin Hock | 1,827 |
(17) | Mohamad Redzuan Bin Idrus (Redzuan Idrus) | 1,825 |
(18) | Surendra Ananth A/L Anandaraju (Surendra Ananth) | 1,777 |
(19) | Farez Bin Mohd Ali Jinnah (Farez Jinnah) | 1,639 |
(20) | Nizam Bashir Bin Abdul Kariem Bashir | 1,619 |
(21) | Kokila Vaani A/P Vadiveloo (Kokila Vaani Vadiveloo) | 1,612 |
(22) | Arunachalam S/O Kasi (Arun Kasi) | 1,550 |
(23) | Norliza Binti Rasool Khan (Liza Khan) | 1,478 |
(24) | Anand Raj A/L R. Balasupramaniam (Anand Raj) | 1,408 |
(25) | Jahaberdeen Mohamed Yunoos (Dato' Sri Jahaberdeen @ Jabar) | 1,398 |
(26) | Alex Nandaseri De Silva (Alex De Silva) | 1,392 |
(27) | Yasmeen Bt Haji Mohd Shariff (Dato' Yasmeen Shariff) | 1,357 |
(28) | Wan Azliana Binti Wan Adnan (Wan Azliana Wan Adnan) | 1,321 |
(29) | Jayabalan A/L Raman Kutty (R. Jayabalan) | 1,085 |
(30) | K. Annamalai Ramu A/L Kandasamy (K. A. Ramu) | 1,075 |
(31) | Collin Arvind Andrew | 922 |
(32) | Mohd Amir Sharil Bahari Bin Md Noor (Amir Bahari) | 856 |
(33) | Ranjan A/L N Chandran (Ranjan Datuk N. Chandran) | 565 |
(34) | Tan Chen Hee (Etrus Tan Chen Hee) | 504 |
(35) | Gunamalar A/P Joorindanjn (Gunamalar Joorindanjn) | 316 |
Total number of ballots issued: 19,975
Total number of ballots received: 6,055
Number of ballots where members were ineligible to vote: 62
Number of spoilt ballots: 13
Total number of valid ballots: 5,980
We declare the first twelve (12) persons named above duly elected to the Bar Council for 2020/2021, 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 3rd day of December 2019.
Ahmad Moosdeen, Zainudin Ismail and Su Tiang Joo
Scrutineers