COMMENT | RM10m judgment against Zuraida - is it sustainable?

COMMENT | The High Court had ordered ex-PKR vice-president Zuraida Kamaruddin to pay RM10 million to the ruling party for defecting after clinching the Ampang seat for the third time in the 14th general election.

I firmly believe that many people - especially the PKR members and the voters in Ampang - are jubilant over the said verdict.

As far as Zuraida's voters are concerned, it is believed that they feel vindicated by such an unprecedented ruling. The judgment from the court may come as a bombshell to them!

What is the factual matrix of the case? In a nutshell, the facts were that Zuraida's party at the time, PKR, had sued her for breach of contract or a bond.

It demanded her to...