KKB polls: Stroke survivor makes it to polling station despite health challenges


HULU SELANGOR: Despite being bedridden for the past four years following a stroke, Zul Majid, 63, remained resolute in exercising his right to vote in the Kuala Kubu Baharu (KKB) state by-election on Saturday (May 11).

He arrived at the polling centre at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Ampang Pecah here at 12.30pm in an ambulance and was taken to the voting stream on a gurney with assistance from Election Commission (EC) officers.

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