Kelantan Umno Gears Up For Pengkalan Kubor By-election

Kelantan Umno has started making preparation for the Pengkalan Kubor state by-election following the death of incumbent Datuk Noor Zahidi Omar Wednesday.

Its chairman Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed said he would meet with the committee members of the four Umno divisions concerned on the matter.

"I will present all reports on the Pengkalan Kubor state seat to the Umno president and deputy president tomorrow night. I will present the same report before the Umno supreme council on Friday.

"Starting from Saturday, the party machinery will go all out," he told reporters after chairing the State Umno Liaison Committee meeting here Saturday.

Noor Zahidi, 57, died of liver cancer at a hospital in Guangzhou, China at 5.45am, on Wednesday.

The deceased was a three-term State Assemblyman for Pengkalan Kubur.

At the last general election, he beat PKR candidate Saharun Ibrahim and independent Izat Bukhary Ismail Bukhary with a 1,736-vote majority.

So far the Election Commission has yet to announce the date of the by-election.