In rememberance of Saudara P. Patto (July 12, 1995 - 12 July 2025)

 

Cikgu Cassel with Kasthuriraani d/o Patto

Kasthuriraani d/o Patto (Tamil: கஸ்தூரி பட்டு) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Batu Kawan from May 2013 to November 2022. She is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalitions. She has served as the International Secretary of DAP since March 2025. She served as the Assistant International Secretary of DAP from March 2022 to March 2025 and President of the Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) since December 2021 as well as Member of the Steering Group for the International Panel of Parliamentarians for the Freedom of Religion and Belief.

Her father is Patto s/o Perumal (Tamil: பட்டோ பெருமாள்). He was detained without trial as part of the Operation Lalang arrests, which was carried out by the Mahathir Mohamad government in 1987. He died in 1995, shortly after being elected Bagan MP. His daughter Kasthuriraani Patto is also a politician who was Batu Kawan MP from 2013 to 2022.

Kasthuriraani and Shaalini Anne arrived at the Pusat Jagaan Kasih Sayang in Melaka on Saturday, ‎12 ‎July, ‎2025, ‏‎10:35:01 AM on the commemoration day of the 30th anniversary of the death of her late father Patto s/o Perumal. Shaalini Anne is Kasthuriraanin's sister.

Kasthuriraani and Shaalini Anne

YB Khoo Poay Tiong and Saminathan Ganesan joined Cikgu Cassesl, Kasthuriraani, Shaalini Anne, YB Gunasekaran, YB Arul Kumar and YB Low Chee Leong to remember what P. Patto's good deeds.

Khoo Poay Tiong and Saminathan

Khoo Poay Tiong and Low Chee Leong

Kasthuriraani and Saminathan

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