UMNO Information chief Isham Jalil today confirmed that Barisan Nasional (BN) has filed three election petitions with the Election Commission (EC) to challenge the outcome of the general election (GE) held last November.

However, Isham did not disclose the constituencies involved, saying that it will be announced later.

“Three petitions have been filed by us to seek re-elections at these constituencies. We have solid evidence that election offences have been committed, especially in terms of bribing the voters,” he told a press conference on the sidelines of the Umno General Assembly 2022 in Kuala Lumpur today.

He said more petitions would be filed later involving several other constituencies.

Gua Musang BN candidate Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah had filed a petition at the Kota Bharu High Court to challenge the outcome of the GE for his parliamentary constituency.

The petition was filed by Mohd Azmi Mahmood on behalf of Tengku Razaleigh on January 3 and named Gua Musang elected representative Mohd Azizi Abu Naim of Perikatan Nasional (PN), returning officer Ab Fatah Hasbullah and the EC as respondents.

Tengku Razaleigh failed to defend the seat after 12 terms and lost by a slim majority of 163 votes to Mohd Azizi. – Bernama, January 13, 2023.