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 2022, and the first 16 persons listed below were elected for the 2023/2024 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.
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(1) |
Fahri Azzat |
2,500 |
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(2) |
Anand Raj a/l R. Balasupramaniam (Anand Raj) |
2,387 |
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(3) |
Chan Weng Keng (Roger Chan Weng Keng) |
2,255 |
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(4) |
Larissa Ann Louis |
2,177 |
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(5) |
New Sin Yew |
2,160 |
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(6) |
Tunku Farik bin Tunku Ismail (Tunku Farik) |
2,085 |
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(7) |
Yong Li Hsien (Sarah Yong Li Hsien) |
2,020 |
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(8) |
Dipendra a/l Harshad Rai (H R Dipendra) |
2,013 |
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(9) |
Tan Lay Ean (Honey Tan Lay Ean) |
1,992 |
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(10) |
Yasmeen bt Haji Mohd Shariff (Dato’ Yasmeen Shariff) |
1,956 |
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(11) |
Azmi bin Mohd Ali (Dato’ Azmi Mohd Ali) |
1,887 |
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(12) |
Murshidah bt Mustafa (Murshidah Mustafa) |
1,833 |
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(13) |
Sulaiman Abdullah (Sulaiman Abdullah Datuk Haji Sulaiman b. Abdullah) |
1,760 |
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(14) |
Kee Hui Yee |
1,752 |
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(15) |
Farez bin Mohd Ali Jinnah (Farez Jinnah) |
1,684 |
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(16) |
Burhanudeen bin Abdul Wahid |
1,528 |
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(17) |
Nazri b Mustafa (Dato’ Nazri bin Mustafa) |
1,507 |
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(18) |
Nor Zabetha binti Muhamad Nor |
1,487 |
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(19) |
Mohamad Redzuan bin Idrus (Redzuan Idrus) |
1,474 |
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(20) |
Rajpal Singh a/l Mukhtiar Singh (Dato Rajpal Singh) |
1,453 |
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(21) |
Fariz Irwan bin Mustafa |
1,411 |
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(22) |
Bernard Scott |
1,325 |
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(23) |
Komathi a/p Arunasalam (Komathi Arunasalam) |
1,243 |
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(24) |
Babu Raj a/l Raja Gopal (Babu Raj Raja Gopal) |
1,204 |
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(25) |
Chin Wai Mun (Isabelle Chin) |
1,132 |
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(26) |
Shanker a/l Kaliyana Sundaram (Shanker Sundaram) |
1,048 |
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(27) |
Shamsher Singh Thind (Dr. Shamsher Singh Thind) |
948 |
Total number of ballots issued: 22,236
Total number of ballots received: 4,581
Number of ballots where Members were ineligible to vote: 23
Number of spoilt ballots: 11
Total number of valid ballots: 4,547
We declare the first sixteen (16) persons named above duly elected to the Bar Council for 2023/2024, 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 2022.
Nahendran a/l Raymond Navaratnam, Krishna s/o V Dallumah and Tieh Siaw Siong
Scrutineers