The High Court in Kuantan today dismissed an application by Tras assemblyperson Chow Yu Hui for a judicial review against the Pahang government’s directive to include Jawi script on signboards in the state.

Judge Zainal Azman Ab Aziz also ordered Chow, 37, as the plaintiff, to pay costs of RM5,000 each to the Raub District Council (MDR) and the Pahang state government, who were named as respondents in his application...