Mahkamah Tinggi tangguh perintah JPPM bubar MTUC
Hakim Evawani Farisyta Mohammad membenarkan MTUC memulakan prosiding semakan kehakiman bagi mencabar pembubarannya secara sementara.
The High Court in Shah Alam upheld the JPPM's order to suspend the Malaysia Union of Workers (MTUC) in May, allowing the latter to continue representing workers and make payments to the auditor auditing their financial statements demanded by JPPM. On July 13, Justice Evawani Farisyta Mohammad ruled that MTUC could commence a case to challenge the suspension, and also ordered its continuance until the appeal was decided.
The court held that the suspension was necessary to enable MTUC to continue representing workers and make payments to the auditor assessing their financial accounts demanded by JPPM. In May, JPPM ordered MTUC to be suspended temporarily for allegedly failing to submit crucial documents to the registrar. MTUC was accused of omitting two key categories of information, namely the audited financial statements and details of foreign funding, as required in the notice.
In its argument, MTUC claimed it had submitted seven out of nine requested categories of documents and requested further time to submit the remaining ones. However, JPPM rejected the application without explanation. MTUC's Deputy General Secretary Kamarul Baharin Mansor, along with the National Union of Bank Workers (NUBE), then filed a petition to obtain a ruling to commence a case of certiorari against JPPM, naming the foreign minister and human resources minister as respondents.
Plaintiffs sought a certiorari order to annul JPPM's decision to suspend MTUC temporarily. Ravi Nekoo and M Arvin Kumar represented MTUC, while Attorney General Husniyyah Hanapi appeared for the respondents. The FMT contacted Kamarul for a commentary.
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