The Federal Court dismissed the election petition appeals and also ordered RM300,000 in costs to be paid to the respondents and the Election Commission.
PETALING JAYA: The three candidates who won the Tuaran, Putatan, and Tenom parliamentary seats in Sabah in the 15th general election will remain as elected representatives following a Federal Court decision today.
In March, the election court in Kota Kinabalu dismissed Gabungan Rakyat Sabah information chief Joniston Bangkuai’s attempt to challenge the victory of Upko candidate Wilfred Madius Tangau in the Tuaran seat.Parti Kesejahteraan Demokratik Masyarakat president Peter Anthony had also failed in his petition against independent Riduan Rubin who won the Tenom seat.
On the day of nomination, Peter was in the process of appealing against his conviction by the Kuala Lumpur sessions court, which sentenced him to three years in jail and a RM50,000 fine for falsifying a document under Section 468 of the Penal Code.
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