[馬來西亞] Malaysian Absent Voters, Dismissed

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No to Malaysian 'absent voters'
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0 ^' |( t( [' v3 gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbUALA LUMPUR: The High Court dismissed an application by six Malaysians living in the United Kingdom who were seeking to be registered by the Election Commission as absentee voters in the next general election as they did not fall within the categories in the law that defines absentee voters.
/ f$ K+ @; ~1 q+ h9 Y% E5 H        The six - Dr Teo Hoon Seong, 43, Dr Yolanda Sidney Augustin, 31, electrical engineer V. Vinesh, 32, entrepreneur Paramjeet Singh, 54, translator Sim Tze Wei, 28, and software architect Leong See See, 41 - had filed the judicial review application on Oct 25.& o, Z- o# I# G* E0 Z0 F$ L# R
        They were given the green light by the High Court on Nov 14 to challenge the EC's decision to reject their application to become absentee voters in the next general election.
5 P5 f0 i' \! e/ g: E        They claimed that because they were not defined as absentee voters, their right to vote was denied.