Pulai by-election: Octogenarian undeterred by heavy downpour from voting


A voter coming out of Maktab Sultan Abu Bakar after casting her vote in Pulai parliamentary by-election here in Johor Baru on Sept 9.

JOHOR BARU: A heavy downpour did not stop a grandfather of four from casting his vote at Maktab Sultan Abu Bakar (MSAB) in the Pulai parliamentary by-election.

Osman Alias Hashim Muhammad, 85, said that he had never missed casting his vote in an election since his first time in the 1970s.

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