The Court of Appeal today dismissed the Penang government's appeal on its judicial review application to challenge the Election Commission's redelineation exercise.

In a unanimous decision, Justice Idrus Harun, who led a three-member bench, said the High Court judge did not err in the decision on Nov 20 last year not to grant leave to the state government.

This came after lawyer Leong Cheok Keng, acting for the Penang government, told the court that the judicial review application got the go-ahead from the state legal advisor seconded by the Attorney-General's Chambers, which was making the objection...