Another upset as deputy minister fails to hold PKR division post

Another upset as deputy minister fails to hold PKR division post

Akmal Nasir becomes the latest prominent PKR leader to falter, while former education minister Maszlee Malik is returned in Simpang Renggam.

Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir
PKR strategic director Akmal Nasir, a two-term Johor Bahru MP, was ousted as divisional chairman. (Bernama pic)
PETALING JAYA:
Deputy energy transition and water transformation minister Akmal Nasir has failed to defend his post as Johor Bahru PKR chief, becoming the latest prominent PKR leader to falter in the party’s divisional polls.

With just 587 votes today, the two-term Johor Bahru MP lost to Taufiq Ismail who garnered 709 votes.

Akmal, a former PKR Youth chief, became Johor Bahru PKR chief in 2014. He is currently the party’s strategic director.

In Ledang, state PKR chief Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh was unopposed and returned as divisional chairman.

Former education minister Maszlee Malik successfully defended his post as Simpang Renggam PKR chief after obtaining 125 votes for a slim victory over Wong Yung Chin (109 votes) and Yusof Rahman (82 votes).

Heavyweights lose in Tebrau

Tebrau division saw an unlikely winner in businessman Prakash Maniam, whose 691 votes allowed him to beat the incumbent, Segamat MP R Yuneswaran, and challenger Tebrau MP Jimmy Puah.

Yuneswaran had obtained 589 votes while Puah, the previous Pulai PKR chief, won 560 votes.

Yuneswaran is in his first term as an MP and also sits on the PKR leadership council.

Puah is also in his first term as an MP but previously served two terms as Bukit Batu assemblyman. He was also a Johor PKR vice-chairman.

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