KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun and Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said remained as Dewan Rakyat Speaker and Deputy Speaker respectively, after the High Court here ruled their appointments were valid.
This followed the decision of Judge Datuk Ahmad Kamal Md Shahid in allowing the application by Azhar, Azalina and two others to strike out a summons filed against them by former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and four others to challenge the legitimacy of their appointment.
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