The Malaysian Bar voted at their annual general meeting (AGM) today to continue serving alcohol at their functions.

The motion against serving alcohol at all Bar functions, proposed by lawyer Mohd Amir Sharil Bahari Md Noor, was overwhelmingly rejected, with 588 votes against, nine in favour and 16 abstaining from voting.

Meanwhile, the motion against newly-elected Bar Council member Siti Kasim, which was also proposed by Amir Bahari, was withdrawn during the AGM held at Renaissance Hotel in Kuala Lumpur today.

The motion against Siti Kasim was due to her uploading a video clip of a fellow lawyer giving a speech during closed-door proceedings in the Kuala Lumpur Bar committee AGM on her Facebook page.