Jahara making way for young leaders


Locking horns: Jahara debating Lim in this screenshot from an assembly sitting last year.

GEORGE TOWN: The current Penang assembly sitting may be the last for Datuk Jahara Hamid, who is the first female Opposition Leader in Penang.

The 65-year-old five-term Telok Air Tawar assemblyman from Barisan Nasional has repeatedly locked horns with Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng and other state exco members over a number of issues.

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