KOTA KINABALU: The High Court here has declared the political appointment of Datuk Amarjit Singh as Sabah Water Department director last August to be illegal.
High Court judge Ravinthran Paramaguru, who is currently a Court of Appeal judge, ruled yesterday that Amarjit’s appointment contravened Section 3 of the state’s Water Supply Enactment 2003.The High Court, however, fell short of nullifying all actions done by the director in its ruling on a suit brought by former chief minister Datuk Yong Teck Lee and Tawau businessman Pang Thou Chung.
