Emergency declared in Gerik, Bugaya


PUTRAJAYA: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has assented to an emergency to be declared in Gerik, Perak, and Bugaya, Sabah, thus postponing the by-elections for the two seats.

Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the Cabinet had presented their views to the King on the by-elections, which were scheduled to be held simultaneously on Jan 16.

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