KUALA LUMPUR: The Election Commission (EC) will hold a special meeting tomorrow to set the important dates for the Padang Serai parliamentary seat election.
EC secretary Datuk Ikmalrudin Ishak said this was due to the death of Pakatan Harapan candidate M. Karupaiya yesterday.“The EC has received the Writ of Election, which was returned by the returning officer for the constituency, spelling out the facts concerning the death of the candidate,” he said in a statement.
News of the death of Karupaiya, 69, was confirmed earlier by Pakatan secretary-general Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.
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