SEREMBAN: Seremban Member of Parliament, Anthony Loke Siew Fook retained his post as Negri Sembilan DAP chairman following the 2021 state committee election held during its 19th convention on Sunday.
Loke who has been holding the post for 17 years since 2004, received the highest number of votes at 501.
The posts of state deputy chairman and secretary are also retained by the incumbents, Seremban Jaya assemblyman, P. Gunasekaran and Rasah Member of Parliament, Cha Kee Chin respectively.
Negri Sembilan state executive councillor for Human Resources, Plantations and Non-Muslim Affairs, Arul Kumar, who is also Nilai assemblyman, was appointed as the state DAP organising secretary.
The DAP state triennial party election for the 19th term was attended by 628 delegates.
Earlier, DAP secretary-general, Lim Guan Eng officiated at the opening of the convention which was also attended by Negri Sembilan Pakatan Harapan chairman and state Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun.-- BERNAMA
