Kedah locals mount legal challenge against 4D ban

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Opposition party DAP is helping Kedah residents file for a judicial review against the state government’s move to stop renewing local council licences for gaming shops.

DAP's national legal bureau chairperson Ramkarpal Singh said they are seeking to quash the move on the basis it is “unreasonable” and usurps powers vested in the Federal Constitution.

“The decision of the Kedah state government to not renew such gaming licences is ultra vires the constitution as the power to issue such licences is exclusively within the jurisdiction of Parliament.

“The plaintiffs will further contend that the said decision of the Menteri Besar (Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor) is unreasonable and liable to be quashed by the High Court upon an application for judicial review,” he said in a statement.

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