PAS nominates Pahang Youth chief as Rompin candidate
Mariah Ahmad
April 20, 2015 16:13 MYT
April 20, 2015 16:13 MYT
PAS today nominated Pahang Youth chief, Nazri Ahmad as its candidate for the upcoming Rompin by-election.
The announcement was made by party vice-president Salahuddin Ayub at the Pusat Perniagaan Bandar Satelit in Bandar Muadzam Shah, Pahang.
The Al-Azhar University graduate will face Barisan Nasional’s Datuk Hasan Arifin for the Rompin seat.
Hasan's nomination meanwhile was announced by deputy prime minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin at a ceremony to announce the candidate and handing over of credentials at the BN Machinery Operation Centre in Muadzam, on April 18.
The Rompin by-election is being held following the death of its incumbent, Tan Sri Jamaluddin Jarjis in a helicopter crash in Semenyih, Selangor.
In the April 4 incident, the AS365N2 Dauphin (9M-IGB) helicopter carrying six people crashed in a rubber plantation in Kampung Sungai Pening, Semenyih at 4.55pm.
Private Secretary-General to the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Azlin Alias, businessman Datuk Tan Huat Seang, Jamaluddin's personal bodyguard Razakan Seran and a woman known as Aidana Baizieva also died in the incident.