Chow drops Fahmi Zainol from Penang exco

2026-03-04 - 06:14

A replacement for Pantai Jerejak assemblyman Fahmi Zainol on the Penang executive council will be proposed this afternoon. (Facebook pic) GEORGE TOWN: Pantai Jerejak assemblyman Fahmi Zainol has been dropped from the Penang executive council by chief minister Chow Kon Yeow. At a press conference, Chow said he met Fahmi this morning to inform him of the decision, which he said the PKR man had accepted. The chief minister said he would propose Fahmi’s replacement to the governor this afternoon. Chow added that PKR secretary-general Fuziah Salleh had written to him yesterday asking for Fahmi to be dropped from the state exco. “I respect the party’s decision,” he said. Last week, Fahmi claimed trial to a charge of voluntarily causing hurt to his wife. He was later suspended from all positions in PKR. The first-term assemblyman appealed against the suspension, saying the only post he held in PKR was an ex officio Penang PKR committee member, by virtue of being an assemblyman. Fahmi said as he remained the Pantai Jerejak assemblyman, his ex officio seat in the PKR state chapter should technically remain intact. Chow previously said that Fahmi would continue serving as an exco member despite being charged since the PKR man remained innocent until proven guilty.