JOHOR BAHRU, July 11 – Several Cabinet ministers and deputy ministers were among the early voters as they fulfilled their civic duty in the 16th Johor State Election (PRN) on Saturday morning.
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform), Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said, was among the first national leaders to cast her ballot, voting at 8.15am at Sekolah Kebangsaan Bandar Penawar in Pengerang.
Defence Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin cast his vote at 8.30am at Sekolah Kebangsaan Rinting 1 in Masai.
Plantation and Commodities Minister Datuk Seri Dr Noraini Ahmad also voted in the morning, casting her ballot at 8.50am at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Dato’ Onn in Batu Pahat.
Meanwhile, Deputy Works Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Maslan completed his voting process at 8.40am at Sekolah Kebangsaan Seri Bahagia in Benut.
Deputy Communications Minister Teo Nie Ching cast her vote at 9.30am at Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Cina Kulai Besar, about 10 minutes after arriving at the polling centre.
Polling for the 16th Johor State Election began simultaneously at 8.00am, with 1,076 polling centres and 4,889 polling streams opened across the state to enable voters to elect a new state government for the next term.
The voting process, involving more than 2.7 million registered voters, is scheduled to continue until 6.00pm, following the conclusion of the 14-day election campaign at midnight on Friday.
— MINUTESMY
