Lim Kit Siang will be contesting in Gelang Patah

Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim announced yesterday that DAP advisor Lim Kit Siang will be contesting in Gelang Patang in the upcoming 13th general election.

Anwar, who is also the de facto leader of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), made the announcement at an opposition ceramah in Taman Sutera here.

The current MP is Tan Ah Eng, who is also Johor Wanita MCA chairman. Tan defeated PKR's Zaliha Mustafa by 8,851 votes in the 2008 general election.