The Selangor government was denied a discovery application to have the addresses and localities of 136,272 dubious voters and to cross-examine the chairperson of the Election Commission (EC), Hashim Abdullah.

This follows a decision today by a three-member Federal Court bench led by Chief Justice Md Raus Sharif in refusing to grant leave to the state government.

"This is an interlocutory matter and the threshold under Section 96 of the Courts of Judicature Act 1964 is dismissed," the chief justice said...