KUALA LUMPUR: The Negri Sembilan Dewan Keadilan dan Undang (DKU) and its secretary have applied to intervene in a legal action seeking to compel the Mentri Besar to sign a proclamation removing the state Ruler.
The legal action, which was initiated by three former Undangs and a serving Undang, seeks to remove Yang di-Pertuan Besar Negri Sembilan Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Munawir as the state Ruler.
The DKU and its secretary Raja Norazli Raja Nordin filed the application to intervene on Aug 6.
They are seeking to intervene in a leave application for a judicial review by Datuk Mubarak Thahak, Datuk Maarof Mat Rashid, Datuk Abd Rahim Yasin and Undang of Johol Datuk Muhammed Abdullah, which was filed on July 17, and named the Mentri Besar and the state government as respondents.
In the leave application, the four were seeking a court order compelling the Mentri Besar to recognise Tuanku Muhriz’s removal and the validity of the proclamation recognising Tunku Nadzaruddin Tuanku Jaafar as his successor under the state Constitution.
Meanwhile, in the intervention application, the DKU and Raja Norazli claimed they had a direct interest in the judicial review and would be directly affected by any orders made by the court.
The applicants also claimed that the four men did not have locus standi to file the leave application for judicial review.
Senior federal counsel Nurhafizza Azizan told the media that the High Court had advised the applicants during case management yesterday to discuss and decide whether to continue the case here or to transfer it to the Seremban High Court.
“The court has fixed Oct 7 for the applicants to update the court on the matter,” she said.
In the application, the four men sought a mandamus order to compel the Mentri Besar to sign a document to remove Tuanku Muhriz and subsequently install Tunku Nadzaruddin as the 12th Yang di-Pertuan Besar Negri Sembilan.
