Lawyer, who is also Jalong candidate, fails to get client's trial postponed


IPOH: The High Court here has denied a request by Jalong candidate Datuk Naran Singh, who is a lawyer, to postpone the trial of his client so he can hit the campaign trail.

Naran said he had written to High Court judicial commissioner Su Tiang Joo seeking to postpone the drug-related case of a client on Thursday and Friday (Nov 10 and 11) but it was rejected.

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