PUTRAJAYA: The Election Commission today said PKR vice-president Mohd Rafizi Ramli will remain as Pandan member of parliament.
EC chairman Tan Sri Mohd Hashim Abdullah said this after Rafizi was found guilty of exposing four bank accounts related to National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) and its chairman Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Salleh Ismail.
Hashim said it was too soon for EC to comment on Rafizi’s status as Pandan MP and whether he was eligible to contest in the upcoming general election.
“This is because Rafizi has the right to appeal (the court ruling) and he has yet to exhaust all legal options,” he said in a statement today.
The Shah Alam Sessions Court today sentenced Rafizi to 30 months in jail for exposing the bank accounts and for breaching the Banking and Financial Institutions Act 1989.
Judge Zamri Bakar handed down the sentence to Rafizi after finding him guilty of the offence.