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Perikatan Nasional's chief whip has formally notified parliament's speaker that Hamzah Zaman, the former Bersatu deputy president, has been designated as the new opposition leader, effective immediately, following approval from 61 opposition MPs.
Animal welfare campaigner Neow Choo Seong has completed the first leg of a 290-kilometre run from Taiping to Kuala Lumpur, advocating for three elephants housed at Tennoji Zoo in Japan. Despite a knee injury, he covered 50km on the opening day.
A suspended Bersatu vice-president has confirmed that Larut MP Hamzah was designated opposition leader because he commanded the backing of PAS and a majority of Bersatu parliamentarians, underscoring coalition cohesion.