Fatimah, fondly known as Mok Su, is the widow of former Terengganu menteri besar Daud Abdul Samad, who served from 1959 to 1961.

Mok Su, who fractured her left thigh and has been unable to walk since 2017 due to osteoporosis, said that she had not skipped voting since the 1959 general election, which saw her late husband win in the election and subsequently be appointed as the sixth menteri besar of Terengganu.

“As long as I am alive and while my memory is still good, InsyaAllah, I have no intention of not voting.

“Even if the ambulance can’t come, I would ask for the staff to fetch me to vote,” she said when met by Bernama at SK Rusila in Marang.

Fatimah had to ride an ambulance from her home in Rusila, located 2km from the polling centre.

Meanwhile, 95-year-old Dayang Abdullah, mother-in-law of PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang, also drew the public’s attention at the same polling centre following her determination to fulfil her responsibility to vote despite being frail and needing assistance to walk.

Dayang said that she woke up as early as 4am today to get ready and offer her support to her son-in-law, who is also the PAS candidate for the Marang parliamentary seat.

She said that she wanted to be among the earliest to arrive at the polling centre.

“I am just feeling a little bit of pain here and there. I am as healthy as expected for a person my age.

“As long as I still have my strength, I will perform my duty and cast my vote,” said Dayang, who was accompanied by her son.