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 2021, and the first 16 persons listed below were elected for the 2022/2023 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) |
Chan Weng Keng (Roger Chan Weng Keng) |
2,313 |
(2) |
New Sin Yew |
2,290 |
(3) |
Roger Tan Kor Mee (Datuk Roger Tan Kor Mee) |
2,251 |
(4) |
Hendon Mohamed |
2,215 |
(5) |
Salim Bin Bashir Bhaskaran (Salim Bashir) |
2,181 |
(6) |
Karen Cheah Yee Lynn |
2,148 |
(7) |
Anand Raj A/L R. Balasupramaniam (Anand Raj) |
2,082 |
(8) |
Larissa Ann Louis |
2,076 |
(9) |
Tan Lay Ean (Honey Tan Lay Ean) |
2,044 |
(10) |
Dipendra A/L Harshad Rai (H. R. Dipendra) |
2,023 |
(11) |
Fahri Azzat |
1,999 |
(12) |
Rajpal Singh A/L Mukhtiar Singh (Dato’ Rajpal Singh) |
1,954 |
(13) |
Yusfarizal Bin Yussoff |
1,911 |
(14) |
Mohamad Ezri B Abdul Wahab (Ezri) |
1,851 |
(15) |
Yong Li Hsien (Sarah Yong Li Hsien) |
1,846 |
(16) |
Murshidah Bt Mustafa (Murshidah Mustafa) |
1,825 |
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(17) |
Burhanudeen Bin Abdul Wahid (Burhanudeen Abdul Wahid) |
1,782 |
(18) |
Lukman Sheriff B Alias (Lukman Sheriff Alias) |
1,767 |
(19) |
Nor Zabetha Binti Muhamad Nor |
1,658 |
(20) |
Farez Bin Mohd Ali Jinnah (Farez Jinnah) |
1,656 |
(21) |
Surendra Ananth A/L Anandaraju (Surendra Ananth) |
1,614 |
(22) |
Mohamad Redzuan Bin Idrus (Redzuan Idrus) |
1,577 |
(23) |
Jamie Wong Siew Min (Jamie Wong) |
1,542 |
(24) |
Abang Mohd Iwawan Bin Abg Narawi @ Abg Nawawi (Abang Iwawan) |
1,525 |
(25) |
Kee Mohd Thariq Bin K Zainal Abidin (Kee Thariq) |
1,520 |
(26) |
Nadhirah Amalina Binti Abdul Rahman (Nadhirah Amalina) |
1,513 |
(27) |
Fariz Irwan Bin Mustafa |
1,496 |
(28) |
Mohd Azlisham Bin Jaffar (Azlisham) |
1,469 |
(29) |
Tai Zee How |
1,452 |
(30) |
Mohd Izral Bin Mohamed Khairy (Mohd Izral Khairy) |
1,427 |
(31) |
Jayabalan A/L Raman Kutty (R. Jayabalan) |
1,391 |
(32) |
Suzana Norlihan Binti Alias (Suzana Norlihan Alias) |
1,367 |
(33) |
Shamsher Singh Thind (Dr Shamsher Singh Thind) |
1,328 |
(34) |
Vijaya Kumar Raj A/L K. Durai Raj (V. K. Raj) |
1,143 |
(35) |
Shanker A/L Kaliyana Sundaram (Shanker Sundaram) |
893 |
(36) |
See Eng Teong (Dr. Vince See Eng Teong) |
713 |
(37) |
David Dev Peter |
664 |
(38) |
Srimurugan A/L Alagan @ Alake (Srimurugan Alagan) |
601 |
Total number of ballots issued: 21,375
Total number of ballots received: 5,204
Number of ballots where Members were ineligible to vote: 48
Number of spoilt ballots: 6
Total number of valid ballots: 5,150
We declare the first sixteen (16) persons named above duly elected to the Bar Council for 2022/2023, 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 2021.
Zainudin Ismail (unable to attend — suspected COVID-19), Krishna V Dallumah and Dato' Zuraidah Atan
Scrutineers
Note: 5 ballot papers were rejected as they were ballot papers for the BC Election 2021/2022.