Arrest warrant issued against no-show witness for Marang polls petition

The Election Court in Kuala Terengganu has issued an arrest warrant against state executive councillor Mohd Nor Hamzah who did not turn up today to resume testimony in the hearing of an election petition to nullify PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang’s victory in the Marang parliamentary constituency.

Counsel Amin Othman, who is acting for petitioner Jasmira Othman who was the BN candidate for the constituency during the 15th general election (GE15), said that judge Hassan Abdul Ghani issued the arrest warrant when Mohd Nor (above) did not show up for today’s proceedings.

“On March 14, the judge directed Mohd Nor to come back to court on March 16 to resume his testimony. However...