The new Opposition leader for the Kedah state assembly at the Second Meeting of the 15th Kedah State Assembly at Wisma Darul Aman here, on Sunday (Nov 27) is Sidam assemblyman Bau Wong Bau Ek.
Bau Wong from the PKR was appointed by Kedah State Assembly Speaker Zubir Ahmad to replace the former Suka Menanti assemblyman, Datuk Zamri Yusuf.
56-year-old Bau Wong is one of the three Pakatan Harapan (PH) assemblymen who won three of the 33 state assembly seats in the state elections in August.
He secured victory with a majority of 954 votes after garnering 21,859 votes, defeating Perikatan Nasional (PN) candidate Juliana Abdul Ghani who obtained 20,905 votes.
Previously, Bau Wong served as a special officer to Sungai Petani Member of Parliament Tan Sri Johari Abdul from 2018 to 2022 and later continued his service to Dr Mohammed Taufiq Johari who won the parliamentary seat in the 15th General Election.
On July 28, he ended his service to contest the state elections.- Bernama
