PETALING JAYA – It will be a three-cornered fight for the Pelangai state seat in Pahang on October 7.
This, after independent candidate Haslihelmy DM Nulhasli from an NGO, also entered the race.
He will be up against Barisan Nasional’s Amizar Abu Adam, Perikatan Nasional’s Kasim Samat, who is from PAS.
Amizar, 50, is from Bentong Umno, while this will be the second attempt by Kasim, 62, who contested the seat in GE15.
The 36-year-old independent candidate is the president of Pertubuhan Suara Anak Pahang.
The Election Commission has fixed October 7 as polling day while early voting would be on October 3.
A total of 16,456 voters are eligible to cast their ballots in the by-election, including 36 policemen and three absentee voters.
The by-election is being held following the death of assemblyman, Datuk Seri Johari Harun, 53, in a plane crash in Shah Alam, Selangor on August 17. – The Vibes, September 23, 2023
