Heavy rain not a damper for PM’s lunch pit stop in Johor

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The wet weather did not put a damper on the Prime Minister's lunch plan in Johor Baru on Friday (Aug 25).  Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim visited the Taman Cempaka food court in Kempas where he was greeted by stall owners and diners.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 The wet weather did not put a damper on the prime minister's lunch plan in Johor Bahru on Friday.

00:05 Datu Sri Anwar Ibrahim visited the Taman Jempaka food court in Kempas,

00:10 where he was greeted by stall owners and diners.

00:13 His visit to Johor is in line with the upcoming Pulai Parliamentary and Simpang Jeram state-by-elections.

00:20 The seats fell vacant following the death of the incumbent,

00:23 the late domestic trade and cost-of-living minister, Datu Sri Salahuddin Ayob, on July 23.

00:29 Anwar was accompanied by Pakatan Candidate Suhaizan Kayad,

00:33 who was Salahuddin's political secretary,

00:35 Johor Menteri Besar, Datu On Hafiz Ghazi,

00:38 and Amana Vice Chief, Datu Sri Mujahid Yusof Rawa.

00:42 The group dined on popular Johorean dishes,

00:44 which included asam pedas ikan merah,

00:47 as well as karabu pucuk paku and daging masak kicap.

00:51 The prime minister spent about 20 minutes at the food court

00:54 before heading to Jamil al Rahman Mosque in Taman Dahlia for Friday prayers.

00:59 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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