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Former indie candidate ‘Cleopatra' applies to join PAS
Nur Fathiah Syazwana Shaharuddin, popularly known as 'Cleopatra', with her application form at PAS headquarters today. (Facebook pic)
PETALING JAYA : Nur Fathiah Syazwana Shaharuddin, one of the independent candidates who contested for the Batu parliamentary seat in the 2022 general election, has applied to join PAS.
The PAS women's wing said Nur Fathiah, better known as Cleopatra, submitted her membership application form today at the Islamic party's headquarters in Kuala Lumpur.
The wing said Nur Fathiah, a single mother, wanted to join PAS for the sake of her children's future.
'Besides being known as an activist who does humanitarian work and founded the NGO, Hetero Action Women Alliance, she is also a social media influencer who's an important voice in championing community development and social issues,' it said in a Facebook post.
Nur Fathiah was among 10 candidates who took part in the race for the hotly-contested seat of Batu during GE15.
A total of four independent candidates had contested, with the remaining candidates coming from Pakatan Harapan, Barisan Nasional, Perikatan Nasional, Pejuang, Warisan and Parti Rakyat Malaysia.
Nur Fathiah obtained only 628 votes, behind fellow independent candidate, lawyer-activist Siti Kasim, while P Prabarakan of PKR retained the seat with a comfortable majority of 22,241 votes.
