Suraya Yaacob steps down as Kedah exco member

SUNGAI PETANI (Oct 13): Sungai Tiang assemblyman Datuk Suraya Yaacob has announced her resignation as Kedah Public Works, Energy, Water Supply and Resources Committee chairman with immediate effect.

"I would like to express my deepest appreciation to the Sultan of Kedah Al Aminul Karim Sultan Sallehuddin Sultan Badlishah for His Royal Highness' consent in appointing me to the position.

"My deepest appreciation also goes to the leadership of the Kedah state government, all government departments and agencies, NGOs, individuals and the people of Kedah," she said in a statement on Thursay (Oct 13).

Suraya has been serving as Sungai Tiang assemblyman, which is under the Pendang parliamentary constituency, for four terms since 2004. – Bernama