THE Dewan Rakyat today notified the Election Commission on the vacant Batu Sapi parliamentary seat in Sabah following the death of its incumbent, Liew Vui Keong.

Dewan Rakyat Speaker Azhar Azizan Harun said in accordance with Article 54 Clause (1) of the federal constitution, the EC should fill the vacancy within 60 days from the date of the notification.

Azhar said he notified the EC chairman in a letter dated October 6 on Liew’s death on October 2.

Liew, 60, a former minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (law) died at Gleneagles Hospital in Kota Kinabalu from a lung infection. – Bernama, October 6, 2020.