WHO YOU THINK YOU ARE – EVEN THE KING DOESN’T DO THIS: IPOH MAYOR GOES ‘MISSING’ FOR MONTHS WITHOUT TAKING LEAVE – PERAK GOVT TO SACK ZAMRI MAN IN UNPRECEDENTED MOVE

IN an unprecedented move, the Perak government will remove Zamri Man as Ipoh mayor for going absent without leave, The Star reported today.

However, the mayor, who was supposedly unwell, had submitted no medical certificates for months, Perak Local Government Committee chairman Paul Yong Choo Kiong said.

“The situation with the mayor – it’s a first. It’s like he has disappeared.

“He didn’t give any letter to the Local Government Authorities (PBT) or even to me saying that he’s sick,” the report quoted Yong as saying today.

The executive councillor said he had also gone to Zamri’s home to look for him but could not find him.

Yong said Zamri was eligible to take up to 90 days of sick leave, but he had exceeded this.

“I only learned about him being unwell from the PBT secretary and from the Ipoh City Council, but (was given) no information about his condition and whereabouts.

“I still cannot get him. I really don’t know what is wrong with him.”

Zamri replaced Harun Rawi as mayor in 2015.

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