MIC treasurer withdraws election petition for Segamat parliamentary seat

Muhammad Shafee (left) and Ramasamy outside the Election Court after the MIC treasurer told the court he did not wish to proceed with the election petition.

SEREMBAN: MIC treasurer Tan Sri M. Ramasamy has withdrawn an election petition to challenge the result of the Segamat parliamentary seat in the 15th General Election (GE15) last year.

Ramasamy, who stood on a Barisan Nasional ticket in the polls, told this to the Election Court here Wednesday (Nov 8), when the matter came up for a full hearing, through his lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah.