SIDAM assemblyman Bau Wong Bau Ek was named the new opposition leader for the Kedah assembly at the second meeting of the 15th Kedah Assembly at Wisma Darul Aman in Alor Star, today.
Kedah Speaker Zubir Ahmad announced the appointment of Bau Wong from PKR to replace the former Suka Menanti assemblyman, Zamri Yusuf.
Bau Wong, 56, is one of the Pakatan Harapan assemblymen who won three of the 33 assembly seats in the state polls in August.
He won with a majority of 954 votes after garnering 21,859 votes, defeating Perikatan Nasional candidate Juliana Abdul Ghani, who obtained 20,905 votes.
Bau Wong was a former special officer to Sungai Petani MP Johari Abdul from 2018 to 2022 and then rendered the same service to Mohammed Taufiq Johari, who won the parliamentary seat in the 15th general election.
On July 28, he ended his service to contest in the state elections. – Bernama, November 26, 2023.
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