Penang to nominate hospital director for senatorship


GEORGE TOWN: In a decision that has taken many by surprise, a hospital director has emerged as the Penang government's nominee for senatorship.

A senior state DAP leader confirmed that Sungai Bakap Hospital director Lingeshwaran R. Arunasalam is the state's pick, with the decision made at the DAP's central executive committee meeting on Friday (March 3).

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