Kota kinabatangan: The Ministry of Communications, in collaboration with the Department of Information (Japen) and the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), will open a media centre in conjunction with the Kinabatangan parliamentary and Lamag state by-elections.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, the Ministry of Communications announced that the media centre at the National Information Dissemination Centre (NADI) in Kota Kinabatangan Simpang Batu 8, Jalan Bukit Garam, Kinabatangan will begin operating tomorrow until January 24, from 9 am to 7 pm.

"Media practitioners are invited to use the facilities provided and obtain information at the media centre," stated the announcement.

For any enquiries, the Media Centre coordinator for the Kinabatangan P187 parliamentary and N58 Lamag state by-elections can be contacted. Dr. Diana Dominic is available at 019-8516868, and Kanjana Jaga Nadan can be reached at 014-9305026.

The Kinabatangan parliamentary and Lamag state by-elections were necessitated following the death of the incumbent Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin, who passed away at the age of 66 on December 5.