DAP six face the axe


Altered state: Tanjong MP Ng (second from left) and Jelutong MP Ooi (second from right) with other DAP members urging voters to vote wisely.

GEORGE TOWN: DAP is making some sweeping changes to its representation in Penang by dropping several senior leaders such as state exco members Lim Hock Seng and Danny Law Heng Kiang, as well as two MPs and two assemblymen.

Those dropped are two-term Jelutong MP Jeff Ooi, 63; one-term Tanjong MP Ng Wei Aik, 41, who was Komtar assemblyman pre­vious­ly; two-term Bagan Dalam assemblyman A. Tanasekharan, 62; and two-term Pengkalan Kota assemblyman Lau Keng Ee.

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