Datuk Wan Mohammad Khair-il Anuar Wan Ahmad (left) and Noriah Kasnon who lost their lives in the May 5 helicopter crash.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Election Commission is to hold a special meeting on Friday to discuss the by-elections for the Sungai Besar and Kuala Kangsar parliamentary seats.
EC secretary Datuk Abdul Ghani Salleh said today (May 10) the commission was officially notified of the vacancies by the Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat at 6pm yesterday.
The meeting would be chaired by EC chairman Datuk Seri Mohd Hashim Abdullah, he said in a statement.
The seats fell vacant following the deaths of Deputy Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Noriah Kasnon and Malaysian Palm Oil Board chairman Datuk Wan Mohammad Khair-il Anuar Wan Ahmad in a helicopter crash in Sarawak on May 5.
Noriah was the MP for Sungai Besar in Selangor and Wan Mohammad Khair-il Anuar, the MP for Kuala Kangsar in Perak.-Bernama