Mohd. Hamdan Abdul RahmanPenang state assemblyman for Permatang Pasir Mohd Hamdan Abdul Rahman died at the National Heart Centre (IJN) in Kuala Lumpur at 6.10am on Friday.
Mohd Hamdan, a two-term state assemblyman and former Penang PAS commissioner, was 60. He leaves behind a wife and six children.
In KOTA BARU, PAS spiritual leader Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat said the party would contest in the by-election for the Permatang Pasir state seat, which he said was a PAS stronghold.
In the general election in 2008, Mohd Hamdan beat Umno candidate Ahmad Sahar Shuib with a majority 5,433 majority to win the seat.
The Election Commission (EC) chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof said he expected to receive the notice on the vacancy for the seat from the Penang State Assembly Speaker, Datuk Abdul Halim Hussain, by next Monday.
After that, the EC will hold a meeting to discuss the polling and nomination dates, he told Bernama.The Election Commission is expected to announce the nomination and polling dates for the Permatang Pasir state by-election by Aug 10.
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