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KUALA LUMPUR (July 7): A group of armed forces veterans who are founders of Parti Kemakmoran Negara has filed a judicial review at the High Court here on Thursday (July 7) to compel the Home Affairs Minister to make a decision on the group's appeal against the rejection of the party's registration.

The veterans, led by former Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) officer Brigadier Gen (Rtd) Datuk Abdullah Mohamed and seven others, named the Home Minister and the Registrar of Societies (RoS) as respondents in the judicial review application filed by Messrs Lim Wei Jiet Advocates and Solicitors.

A statement released by the law firm said the application was filed because of the delay of the Home Affairs Minister in reaching a decision on the party's appeal against the RoS’ decision on March 16 to reject its registration.

The founders had applied to register the party on March 9, 2021, and this was rejected a year later. They later appealed the decision on March 25 this year.

Some 113 days, or almost four months, have passed since the appeal was filed and no decision has been made by the minister (Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainuddin) since.

Hence, in the judicial review they are seeking a court order to compel the minister to make a decision within seven days of the appeal, should the veterans' application be allowed.

Abdullah, who leads the group as its pro-tem committee, is a decorated former RMAF officer who was involved in various counter-insurgency measures against the communists in the '70s and '80s and holds a Master of Arts in Strategic Studies at Lancaster University, UK and a Master of Business Administration from Oklahoma City University, USA.

The other founders are veterans from the Malaysian Armed Forces, Royal Malaysian Navy, and RMAF.

In Abdullah's supporting affidavit to the application, he said that after the group filed the appeal, its solicitors followed up by sending a letter on April 20 this year.

“However, we were informed by the RoS via a letter dated April 27 this year that they had yet to give our letter to the minister as they need to make some comments or notes with the letter.

“Another letter was sent by Messrs Lim Wei Jiet on June 9 for a decision to be made, but till today, for some 113 days, no decision had been made by the minister in our appeal,” Abdullah said. Following that, this judicial review was filed.

Edited BySurin Murugiah
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