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 2020, and the first twelve persons listed below were elected for the 2021/2022 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 | 2952 |
(2) | Roger Tan Kor Mee (Datuk Roger Tan Kor Mee) | 2881 |
(3) | Chan Weng Keng (Roger Chan Weng Keng) | 2671 |
(4) | Karen Cheah Yee Lynn | 2647 |
(5) | Tan Lay Ean (Honey Tan Lay Ean) | 2465 |
(6) | New Sin Yew | 2439 |
(7) | Dipendra A/L Harshad Rai (H R Dipendra) | 2417 |
(8) | Anand Raj A/L R. Balasupramaniam (Anand Raj) | 2375 |
(9) | Muhammad Rafique Bin Rashid Ali (Muhammad Rafique) | 2242 |
(10) | Farez Bin Mohd Ali Jinnah (Farez Jinnah) | 2069 |
(11) | Surendra Ananth A/L Anandaraju (Surendra Ananth) | 2050 |
(12) | Murshidah Bt Mustafa (Murshidah Mustafa) | 1981 |
(13) | Mohamad Ezri B Abdul Wahab (Ezri) | 1973 |
(14) | Nizam Bashir Bin Abdul Kariem Bashir (Nizam Bashir) | 1943 |
(15) | Yusfarizal Bin Yussoff | 1922 |
(16) | Syazlin Binti Mansor (Syazlin Mansor) | 1901 |
(17) | Suzana Norlihan Binti Alias (Suzana Norlihan Alias) | 1884 |
(18) | Kokila Vaani A/P Vadiveloo (Kokila Vaani Vadiveloo) | 1876 |
(19) | Ho Chee Cheong, Desmond (Desmond Ho Chee Cheong) | 1865 |
(20) | Lukman Sheriff B Alias (Lukman Sheriff Alias) | 1820 |
(21) | Wan Azliana Binti Wan Adnan | 1793 |
(22) | Rajpal Singh A/L Mukhtiar Singh (Dato' Rajpal Singh) | 1753 |
(23) | Fariz Irwan Bin Mustafa | 1636 |
(24) | Jeyaseelen A/L T. Anthony (Jeyaseelen Anthony) | 1563 |
(25) | Colin Andrew Pereira | 1502 |
(26) | Jayabalan A/L Raman Kutty (R. Jayabalan) | 1466 |
(27) | Tharumarajah A/L Thiagarajan (T. Tharuma) | 819 |
Total number of ballots issued: 20,653
Total number of ballots received: 5,690
Number of ballots where Members were ineligible to vote: 33
Number of spoilt ballots: 10
Total number of valid ballots: 5,647
We declare the first twelve (12) persons named above duly elected to the Bar Council for 2021/2022, 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 2020.
Ahmad Moosdeen, Zainudin Ismail, Krishna V Dallumah
Scrutineers