Pn Names Muhaimin Malek For Ayer Kuning Polls

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PN’s Ayer Kuning by-election candidate Abd Muhaimin Malek is chairman of its Tapah branch. (Facebook pic)
PETALING JAYA: Perikatan Nasional will field Abd Muhaimin Malek, the chairman of its Tapah branch, as the coalition’s candidate for the Ayer Kuning by-election on April 26.
PAS deputy president Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man named Muhaimin, 43, as the coalition’s candidate at an event in Tapah, Perak, tonight.
Nominations for the by-election will be held this Saturday.
Barisan Nasional (BN) will field Tapah Umno secretary Yusri Bakir to defend the seat held by Umno since 1986.
Earlier today, Parti Sosialis Malaysia named its secretary-general Bawani KS as the party’s candidate for the by-election.
The Ayer Kuning by-election was called following the death of Ishsam Shahruddin on Feb 22. Ishsam won the seat in the last general election with a 2,213-vote majority in a five-cornered contest.
Based on data from the 2022 election, Ayer Kuning is a mixed constituency, with 55.64% Malay voters, 21.99% Chinese, 14.3% Indian, and 8.07% from other groups.
Tuan Ibrahim said the party decided to field Muhaimin, a local, as he checked all the boxes in a survey carried out among the constituents.
“He is a former PAS Youth leader in the area and has for the longest time served the people of Ayer Kuning.”
Separately, according to a PN Facebook post, Muhaimin has been the Tapah PN chairman and the PAS commissioner in the constituency since 2023.
Muhaimin, who studied in Syria, is also the headmaster of a tahfiz school in the constituency, a post he has held since 2015.
“He is not only a man of integrity, but also a candidate who is close to the rakyat,” the opposition coalition said in a statement. - FMT

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