PETALING JAYA: The Pekan parliamentary seat need not be vacated even though its MP Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s conviction in the SRC International Sdn Bhd corruption case was upheld, says a lawyer.
Muhammad Rafique Rashid Ali said the seat would only become automatically vacant if the Federal Court, as the final avenue of appeal, were to uphold the High Court’s conviction.
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