KUALA LUMPUR, May 11 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has congratulated Pakatan Harapan and the Unity Government on its candidate’s victory in the Kuala Kubu Baharu state by-election today.
Based on unofficial results, Harapan candidate Pang Sock Tao successfully defended the seat in the four-cornered contest.
“Saudara (DAP secretary-general) Anthony Loke, congratulations on the victory in the Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election... a fight to victory... (and) now we defend that win,” he said.
Anwar, who is also Parti Keadilan Rakyat president, was speaking at its 25th anniversary celebration at the Sentul Depot tonight.
The state constituency fell vacant following the death of its state assemblyman Lee Kee Hiong on March 21 due to cancer.
Meanwhile, Umno secretary-general Datuk Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki, based on the unofficial results, also congratulated Pang.
In a Facebook post, he said she won the state seat with a bigger majority.
In the by-election, Pang faced Khairul Azhari Saut (Perikatan Nasional), Hafizah Zainuddin (Parti Rakyat Malaysia), and Nyau Ke Xin (Independent).
— Bernama
