High Court told 1.2 million youths affected by govt's decision to delay Undi18

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court was told that approximately 1.2 million youths between the ages of 18 and 20 by July this year have been affected by the government’s decision to delay the implementation of lowering the voting age from 21 to 18.

The Undi18 Act, which was passed by Parliament on July 17,2019, was supposed to be implemented by July 1 but the implementation has been pushed to Sept 1,2022.