of any wrongdoing or crime. They were released on 5 April 2009 after Datuk Seri Najib Razak became Prime Minister of Malaysia. Ganabatirau was then recruited into DAP shortly after his release from Kamunting Detention Centre, a Supermax prison located near the town of Taiping, Perak. While running his own law firm, he also volunteered to be appointed as a councillor of the Shah Alam City Council and help DAP to solve local issues in Shah Alam. In the 2013 general election, Ganabatirau contested for the first time and won the State Constituency for Kota Alam Shah on a DAP ticket and was promoted to be one of the EXCO member of Selangor State government. During Ganabatirau's first tenure as EXCO of Selangor State Government, Selangor experienced a period of rapid economic growth and restructuring and Ganabatirau said that his main priorities were to solve poverty issues, school and education's funding, flash floods, water provision, temple's land issue and Malaysian Birth certification/Identification Card issues. Election results References Democratic Action Party (Malaysia) politicians 21st-century Malaysian politicians Members of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly Selangor state executive councillors Living people People from Selangor Malaysian people of Indian descent 1973 births