DAP names lawyer Chu Poh Yee as Mengkibol candidate

 The 33-year-old Kluang native will replace DAP incumbent Chew Chong Sin.

Chu Poh Yee with DAP secretary-general Loke Siew Fook and Johor DAP chief Teo Nie Ching at a party rally in Kluang tonight. (Facebook pic)

PETALING JAYA:

DAP has named lawyer Chu Poh Yee as its candidate for the Mengkibol seat in the Johor state election.

DAP secretary-general Loke Siew Fook announced the 33-year-old Kluang native as Pakatan Harapan’s candidate at a rally in Kluang tonight.

Chu will replace incumbent assemblyman Chew Chong Sin, who retained the seat for PH in the 2022 state election.

At the same event, Loke announced that Chew will be DAP’s candidate for the Labis parliamentary seat in the next general election, following incumbent MP Pang Hok Liong’s decision not to seek re-election.

Mengkibol, which is in the Kluang parliamentary constituency, is one of DAP’s strongest seats in Johor. In the 2022 state polls, Chew won the seat with a 10,107-vote majority in a three-cornered contest against Barisan Nasional and Perikatan Nasional. - FMT