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The Sarawak assembly decided on May 12 last to disqualify Dr. Ting Tiong Choon (second from right) as an assembly of Pujut because he said that He had dual nationality – Malaysia and Australia. (Photo by Bernama)
KUCHING: Dr. Ting Tiong Choon remains deputy of Pujut
The Court of Appeal, in a majority decision, upheld a decision of the High Court ordering the disqualification of Ting by Legislative Assembly of Sarawak.
The court dismissed the appeal lodged by Amar Asfia Awang Nasar, Speaker of the National Assembly, and Wong Soon Koh, Second Minister of Finance, against the decision of the High Court.
Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim and Harmindar Singh Dhaliwal dismiss the appeal, stating that the state assembly did not have the jurisdiction to disqualify Ting before his election.
Judge Mary Lim Thiam Suan dissented, saying that Ting was not qualified to be elected as a Member since he had taken Australian citizenship.
Lim stated that Ting's refusal of his Australian citizenship does not qualify him either to be an elected representative because he had sworn the oath to be Judge Abang Iskandar, reading the judgment. , said the Sarawak assembly was not the appropriate forum to decide on Ting's membership under Article 118 of the Federal Constitution and that the president of the 39 assembly had wrongly applied Article 17 (1) (g) of the Sarawak State Constitution
"The decision made by the 70 deputies of the state who voted and seconded the motion, presented by Wong Soon Koh, Minister of International Trade and Trade The Legislative Assembly of Sarawak decided, by majority vote, on May 12, to disqualify Ting as a meeting. from the state of Pujut because he had dual nationality, Malaysian and Australian
. Agné his deputy position for Pujut during a decision of the High Court on June 17 last. The court ruled that his seat had not become vacant.
