The Election Commission (EC) will be notified of the Ayer Kuning seat vacancy as early as Tuesday, said Perak state assembly speaker Datuk Mohammad Zahir Abdul Khalid.
He briefly told reporters this when met at the residence of Ayer Kuning assemblyman Ishsam Shahruddin, 59, who died after collapsing following a friendly football match at Bandaraya Stadium in Georgetown, Penang on Saturday (Feb 22).
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He briefly told reporters this when met at the residence of Ayer Kuning assemblyman Ishsam Shahruddin, 59, who died after collapsing following a friendly football match at Bandaraya Stadium in Georgetown, Penang on Saturday (Feb 22).
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00:00The election commission will be notified of the Ayer Kuning seat vacancy as early as Tuesday,
00:07said Perak State Assembly Speaker Datuk Mohammad Zahir Abdul Khalid.
00:12He told reporters this when met at the residence of the 59-year-old Ayer Kuning Assemblyman
00:18Issam Shahrooddin, who died after collapsing following a friendly football match at Bandaraya
00:23Stadium in Georgetown, Penang on Saturday.
00:26A by-election must be held within 60 days from the date the election commission receives
00:31the official notice of vacancy.
00:33The last by-election in Perak was for the slim state seat on August 29, 2020.
00:39Meanwhile, Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Sarani Mohammad and several state executive
00:44councillors were among those who visited the late Assemblyman's family.
00:49Issam's remains were brought back to his residence around 12.30 am after an autopsy at Penang
00:55Hospital.
00:57His body was then taken to Masjid Anur for funeral rites before being laid to rest at
01:02Rapat Setia Muslim Cemetery.