Former PKR vice-president Shamsul Iskandar Md Akin has succeeded in his second attempt to lead the Hang Tuah Jaya division, defeating incumbent Rafee Ibrahim, who is also Malacca PKR chief.

The senior political secretary to Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim polled 1,995 votes to Rafee’s 736 votes - from a total 2,733 ballot papers issued during the PKR division level election held in stages beginning Friday...