00:00MURA MP Saeed Sadiq Saeed Abdulrahman can now argue before the federal court why he should
00:06be granted leave for a judicial review to challenge the government's withdrawal of
00:10constituency funds from elected representatives. This follows a unanimous decision by a three-member
00:16apex court bench granting him leave to appeal a court of appeal ruling. Justice Nordin Hassan
00:21said the applicant, Saeed Sadiq, raised three legal questions that crossed the threshold under
00:26section 96 of the Courts of Judicature Act 1964. The questions include whether the denial or
00:33withdrawal of constituency allocations is subject to judicial review and whether it violates the
00:38principle of equality under article 8 sub 1 of the federal constitution. The federal court will also
00:44determine whether Saeed Sadiq's challenge was filed outside the three-month limitation period set after
00:49a decision by a public authority. On October 27, 2025, the court of appeal led by Justice Hashim Hamza
00:56upheld the high court's refusal to grant leave, ruling that the application filed on April 23,
01:022024 was time-barred, a position also stated earlier by Chief Justice 1 Ahmad Faridwan Sadiq when he was a
01:08high court judge. Saeed Sadiq and three MURA voters, Najib Abu Nawar, Bakiruddin Abdullah, and Fazli Bissri,
01:15sought to challenge the withholding of RM500,000 from a RM1.7 million allocation, restore access to the
01:22MIKAS system managing a RM2 million development fund, and reversed the cancellation of projects worth RM230,300.
01:31Donny Charger Reza, FMT.
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