KUALA LUMPUR— The PAS state assemblyman for Permatang Pasir in Penang, Datuk Mohd Hamdan Abdul Rahman, died this morning at the National Heart Institute here.
His death is likely to set off yet another by-election battle between Pakatan Rakyat (PR) and Barisan Nasional (BN).
It will be the eighth by-election for either federal or state seats since last year's general election.
Penang has become a stronghold for PR especially since it is the home state of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and DAP's Lim Guan Eng is the chief minister.
But the change of leadership in the federal government and Umno has given BN a boost, with the ruling coalition looking to have gained some momentum in its rivalry with PR.
In the recent Manek Urai by-election in Kelantan, which is an even bigger stronghold of PR, the PAS candidate scraped by with a wafer-thin majority.
Mohd Hamdan was a two term state lawmaker and was the former Penang PAS commissioner.
The 60-year-old leaves a wife and six children.
A Penang government official said Mohd Hamdan's body was expected to arrive in his constituency this afternoon for prayers and burial.
In the 2008 polls, Mohd Hamdan beat Umno's Ahmad Sahar Shuib by a majority of 5,433 votes. (TMI)
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