PUTRAJAYA, Nov 4 — Former Undang Luak of Sungai Ujong Datuk Mubarak Thahak and five others today failed in a bid to halt committal proceedings against them after the Court of Appeal dismissed their application for a stay pending the disposal of their appeal.

A three-member panel comprising Justices Datuk Alwi Abdul Wahab, Datuk Dr Shahnaz Sulaiman and Datuk Amarjeet Singh unanimously dismissed the application and ordered the six appellants to pay RM60,000 in costs to the respondents, namely Dewan Keadilan dan Undang Negeri Sembilan (DKU) and its secretary, Raja Norazli Raja Nordin.

The six applicants, comprising four Undangs and two chieftains, had appealed against the Seremban High Court’s decision granting the DKU and Raja Norazli leave to initiate committal proceedings against them for allegedly breaching an injunction order.