Counsel: EC misconduct claim findings only academic

Ongoing case: The tribunal hearing was held at the Klang Court Complex.

KLANG: The findings of the tribunal into allegations of misconduct committed by six former Election Com­mission (EC) members in the run-up to the 14th General Election will only be academic as the persons in question have quit, a tribunal hearing was told.

Counsel M. Puravalen, one of three officials assisting the tribunal, said at the onset of the tribunal hearing yesterday: “As an officer of the court, I am duty bound to inform that this is the legal position of Malaysian law and common law.”