Sg Bakap polls: 19-year-old makes it to the polling station despite her twisted ankle


Siti Nur Insyirah Samsudin, 19, and her father Samsudin Mohamad Rapi, 45, posing for a photo after casting their votes at 5.30pm at the SK Jawi polling station in Sungai Bakap, Penang.

NIBONG TEBAL: Despite having a twisted ankle and needing a wheelchair to reach the voting station, 19-year-old Siti Nur Insyirah Samsudin was determined not to miss her first voting experience.

Arriving at 5.30pm, she and her father, Samsudin Mohamad Rapi, 45, were among the last voters to cast their ballots at the SK Jawi polling station for the Sungai Bakap by-election on Saturday (July 6).

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