PENANG: Seberang Prai Utara district officer Datuk Abdul Ghani Ariffin will not report for duty today as Seberang Prai Municipal Council (MPSP) president because his appointment had not followed administrative procedures, Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon said.
He said the state government did not recognise Ghani’s appointment by the Public Services Department as the procedure contravened the Local Government Act 1976.
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