High Court suspends RoS order to dissolve MTUC
Justice Evawani Farisyta Mohammad grants MTUC leave to commence judicial review proceedings challenging its temporary dissolution.
The Shah Alam High Court has temporarily halted the Registrar of Societies' (RoS) order to provisionally dissolve the Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC). Justice Evawani Farisyta Mohammad granted MTUC permission on July 13 to start judicial review proceedings questioning the temporary dissolution. The court also ordered the suspension of the dissolution while the judicial review application was being decided.
The RoS had ordered the provisional dissolution of MTUC on May 7, claiming the union had not submitted two essential categories of documents – audited financial statements and information on foreign funding. MTUC argued it had submitted seven out of nine required categories of documents and requested an extension for the rest. The union contended that the RoS denied its request without providing a reason.
MTUC's secretary-general, Kamarul Baharin Mansor, along with the National Union of Bank Employees, filed for a judicial review, naming the RoS, the home minister, and the human resources minister as defendants. The MTUC is seeking a court order, known as certiorari, to overturn the RoS's decision to potentially dissolve the union.
Legal representation for MTUC was provided by Ravi Nekoo and M Arvin Kumar, while senior federal counsel Husniyyah Hanapi argued on behalf of the RoS and the other defendants.
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