KLANG – The Election Commission (EC) will be notified about the vacancy for the Pelangai state seat in Pahang soon, following the death of the incumbent Datuk Seri Johari Harun in an aircraft crash near Bandar Elmina in Shah Alam, yesterday.
Pahang speaker Datuk Seri Mohd Sharkar Shamsudin said it was best for the state assembly to help with the funeral arrangement for the assemblyman first before dealing with any other matters.
“Let’s just settle the funeral arrangement for the deceased first,” he told reporters when met at the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital here tonight.
Johari, 53, who was also Pahang Local Government, Housing, Environment and Green Technology Committee chairman, was one of the 10 people who perished when the Beechcraft aircraft Model 390 (Premier 1) crashed on the highway near Bandar Elmina today.
Sharkar said prior to the incident, Johari had attended a meeting with Pahang Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail in Langkawi, Kedah. – August 18, 2023
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