3°12′07″N 101°40′16″E / 3.20194°N 101.67111°E Batu is a parliamentary constituency in the northern outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, covering the area between Sentul and Batu Caves.[1]
Batu | |
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Suburb | |
Taman Batu Permai in Batu, Kuala Lumpur | |
Country | Malaysia |
State | Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur |
Constituency | Batu |
Government | |
• Local Authority | Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur |
• Mayor | Mhd Amin Nordin Abdul Aziz |
Time zone | UTC+8 (MST) |
Settlements which are part of Batu constituency include Sentul. The constituency has the most Projek Perumahan Rakyat (PPR) public housing apartments and one of the highest rates of petty crime in the city.[2]
Transportation
editThe Batu suburb is served by the KC04 Taman Wahyu, KC03 Kampung Batu and KC02 Batu Kentonmen Komuter stations on the KTM Komuter 1 Seremban Line.
It is also served by the PY13 Kampung Batu, PY14 Kentonmen, as well as the PY15 Jalan Ipoh MRT stations on the 12 MRT Putrajaya Line.
Politics
editThe current Member of Parliament (MP) for the Batu parliamentary constituency is Prabakaran Parameswaran from Pakatan Harapan of PKR, who won the seat in the 2018 Malaysian general election. He is the youngest serving MP in Malaysia.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Gullick, J.M. (1981.) "Malaysia: Economic Expansion and National Unity". Westview Press, page 132. Retrieved on 12 October 2007.
- ^ Tian Chua says he will not change his ways Archived 29 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine, New Straits Times, 22 March 2008.