Day: September 28, 2024

KLUANG, Barisan Nasional (BN) retained the Mahkota state seat after its candidate Syed Hussien Syed Abdullah secured a resounding 20,648-vote majority win over his Perikatan Nasional (PN) challenger in the by-election held today. Syed Hussien, the Kluang UMNO youth chief and representing the Unity Government, garnered 27,995 votes, comfortably surpassing PN’s Mohamad Haizan Jaafar, who received 7,347 votes. The official results were announced by Returning Officer Azurawati Wahid at the Mahkota by-election official vote tallying centre at Dewan Tunku Ibrahim Ismail here tonight. She also announced that 339 ballot papers were rejected, and 24 were not returned. Azurawati thanked all

KLUANG, Barisan Nasional (BN) retained the Mahkota state seat after its candidate Syed Hussien Syed Abdullah secured a resounding 20,648-vote majority win over his Perikatan Nasional (PN) challenger in the by-election held today. Syed Hussien, the Kluang UMNO youth chief and representing the Unity Government, garnered 27,995 votes, comfortably surpassing PN’s Mohamad Haizan Jaafar, who received 7,347 votes. The official results were announced by Returning Officer Azurawati Wahid at the Mahkota by-election official vote tallying centre at Dewan Tunku Ibrahim Ismail here tonight. She also announced that 339 ballot papers were rejected, and 24 were not returned. Azurawati thanked all

KOTA TINGGI, A soldier was found dead, believed to have drowned, following a boating accident in the Linggiu Dam in Bandar Tenggara, here earlier today. Kota Tinggi police chief Supt Yusof Othman said they received a distress call regarding the 32-year-old victim at 2.35 am. The soldier had been on duty aboard an Armed Forces boat with three others when their vessel struck what is believed to be a floating log, causing all four men to be thrown overboard. “While the other three managed to swim to safety, the victim went missing. Despite their efforts to locate him, they were

KLUANG, Barisan Nasional (BN) retained the Mahkota state seat after its candidate Syed Hussien Syed Abdullah secured a resounding 20,648-vote majority win over his Perikatan Nasional (PN) challenger in the by-election held today. Syed Hussien, the Kluang UMNO youth chief and representing the Unity Government, garnered 27,995 votes, comfortably surpassing PN’s Mohamad Haizan Jaafar, who received 7,347 votes. The official results were announced by Returning Officer Azurawati Wahid at the Mahkota by-election official vote tallying centre at Dewan Tunku Ibrahim Ismail here tonight. She also announced that 339 ballot papers were rejected, and 24 were not returned. Azurawati thanked all

KOTA TINGGI, A soldier was found dead, believed to have drowned, following a boating accident in the Linggiu Dam in Bandar Tenggara, here earlier today. Kota Tinggi police chief Supt Yusof Othman said they received a distress call regarding the 32-year-old victim at 2.35 am. The soldier had been on duty aboard an Armed Forces boat with three others when their vessel struck what is believed to be a floating log, causing all four men to be thrown overboard. “While the other three managed to swim to safety, the victim went missing. Despite their efforts to locate him, they were