MARANG: Senator Datuk Abdul Rahman Bakar failed to retain his post as Marang Umno division head, losing to Pengkalan Berangan state assemblyman Yahya Khatib Mohamad in the division’s elections Saturday.
Abdul Rahman, who was dubbed "Giant Killer" for beating PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang for the Marang parliamentary seat in the 1986 and 2004 general elections, had been the division head since 2004.
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