EC: New date will be set for Batu Sapi by-election


Election Commission chairman Datuk Abdul Ghani Salleh

PETALING JAYA: The Batu Sapi by-election will not be held on Dec 5 and a new date will be set following the Prime Minister's announcement that the King has agreed to declare a state of emergency there, says the Election Commission (EC).

“Following the declaration, any proceedings that have started in preparation for the Batu Sapi by-election will not continue and a new date will be set, ” its chairman Datuk Abdul Ghani Salleh (pic) said in a statement on Wednesday (Nov 18).

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