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PKR disqualifies Ampang chief Daing Muhammad, fresh polls on June 29

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PKR disqualifies Ampang chief Daing Muhammad, fresh polls on June 29


Party’s election committee finds ‘violations’ committed in division


Current Ampang PKR chief Daing Muhammad Reduan Bachok is a controversial figure, having been charged in 2018 with insulting the modesty of party vice-president Rafizi Ramli at a community centre in Kg Merampong in Keningau, Sabah. – The Vibes file pic, June 24, 2022


KUALA LUMPUR – PKR has dropped its newly elected Ampang chief Daing Muhammad Reduan Bachok, and is holding fresh polls for the division on June 29.

PKR election committee (JPP) chairman Zaliha Mustafa, in a notice to party members, said fresh polls for the division will be held between 12pm and 8pm at Dewan Dato’ Ahmad Razali in Kg Baru Ampang.

This came after the party’s complaints committee panel found violations took place in the division on May 21.

However, she did not elaborate on the alleged violations during the polls that were held last month.

“The JPP upholds and accepts the decision made by the election complaints panel, therefore we wish to inform you that the Ampang division will be holding a re-election,” she said in the notice.

“In relation to this, the panel has made the decision to disqualify Daing Muhammad Reduan Bachok as a candidate for the division chief post in the Ampang re-election.”

Zaliha said the decision on the matter was final and in line with the party’s rules and regulations.

On May 29, celebrities Datuk Hans Isaac and Altimet lost their bid in the contest with Daing Muhammad, who is a controversial figure in the party.

Daing Muhammad raked in the most votes at 942, followed by Hans’ 609, while Altimet, whose real name is Syed Ahmad Abdul Rahman, trailed in third position with 589 votes.

The other three contenders, Abdul Halim Mohamed Yusof, Sam Hoo Wai, Abdullah Md Zain, and Abdul Latif Shaari, had only 272, 138, 110 and 17 votes, respectively.

Daing Muhammad, 37, courted controversy in 2018 after he was charged with insulting the modesty of PKR vice-president Rafizi Ramli at a community centre in Kg Merampong in Keningau, Sabah.

However, the Kota Kinabalu sessions court acquitted him last November after the judge ruled that the prosecution had failed to establish a prima facie case. – The Vibes, June 24, 2022

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