Court junks Dr Mahathir’s suit against Bersatu termination
BY JUSTIN ONG
The High Court has dismissed the lawsuit of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and four others over the revocation of their party memberships. — Picture by Hari Anggara KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 7 — The High Court has accepted Bersatu president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s application to dismiss the lawsuit of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and four others over the revocation of their party memberships.news portal, judge Rohani Ismail decided this after concluding that Dr Mahathir and the other plaintiffs have no legal standing to sue over what they claimed were the unlawful termination of their Bersatu memberships.
The judge further cited Section 18C of the Societies Act 1966 that prohibited litigation of internal party affairs. The other plaintiffs were Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir, Datuk Seri Marzuki Yahya, Maszlee Malik, and Datuk Amiruddin Hamzah.
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