Malaysian minister resigns after losing party poll to PM's daughter

Malaysia's economy minister said Wednesday he was resigning from his cabinet post after losing his position as deputy president of the ruling PKR to the premier's daughter in a party poll. The party's president is Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, and his daughter, Nurul Izzah Anwar, won the post of deputy president last week with close to 10,000 votes while Rafizi received around 4,000.