KUALA LUMPUR: The Kelantan State Assembly Speaker today declared that the Nenggiri state seat is vacant.
According to media reports, the seat was vacant after its incumbent Mat Yusoff Abdul Ghani became a bankrupt.
The reports said the matter was confirmed in a letter received by by Datuk Abdullah Ya’kub from the Selangor Insolvency Department on May 28.
Abdullah had said that the state legal adviser also received a similar letter on May 21.
He added that he would be sending a letter to the Kelantan Election Commission (EC) Kelantan on Sunday to inform them of the matter and said the EC will decide if a by-election (PRK) will be held in the area.
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