In a Facebook post, he said MUDA’s pro tem committee had also yet to meet the RoS for a consultation, following an earlier rejection on Jan 6.

“Under the law, an appeal can be made to the home minister in 30 days from the date of the decision (by the RoS to reject MUDA),” he said.

Hamzah said the RoS had rejected their application after finding that the documentation was “not in order” as per Schedule One of the Societies Act 1966.

He said Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s Pejuang party, whose application was also rejected by the RoS on Jan 6, had a consultation session with the registrar and made an appeal on Jan 8.

Hamzah reminded that unregistered organisations ran afoul of the Societies Act 1966 and were liable to be prosecuted.

MUDA filed a lawsuit against Hamzah and the RoS on Jan 12 at the High Court in Kuala Lumpur, seeking an order to quash the decision by the RoS and the home minister to reject the party’s application.

The party had revealed that the RoS did not mention the grounds for rejecting its application in the email sent on Jan 6.

MUDA leader Muar MP Syed Saddiq Abdul Rahman said in an affidavit that Hamzah had “enticed” him to support the government if he wanted MUDA’s registration to be approved.

On Dec 10, Pejuang had also filed a judicial review application to challenge the RoS for the delay in approving its registration.