00:00The election commission will be notified of the Ayer Kuning seat vacancy as early as Tuesday,
00:07said Perak State Assembly Speaker Datuk Mohammad Zahir Abdul Khalid.
00:12He told reporters this when met at the residence of the 59-year-old Ayer Kuning Assemblyman
00:18Issam Shahrooddin, who died after collapsing following a friendly football match at Bandaraya
00:23Stadium in Georgetown, Penang on Saturday.
00:26A by-election must be held within 60 days from the date the election commission receives
00:31the official notice of vacancy.
00:33The last by-election in Perak was for the slim state seat on August 29, 2020.
00:39Meanwhile, Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Sarani Mohammad and several state executive
00:44councillors were among those who visited the late Assemblyman's family.
00:49Issam's remains were brought back to his residence around 12.30 am after an autopsy at Penang
00:55Hospital.
00:57His body was then taken to Masjid Anur for funeral rites before being laid to rest at
01:02Rapat Setia Muslim Cemetery.
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