Batu is a parliamentary constituency in the northern outskirts of

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, covering the area between Sentul and Batu Caves. 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.Tian Chua says he will not change his ways
, New Straits Times, 22 March 2008. Batu Metropolitan Park entrance (220516)

Batu Metropolitan Park entrance (220516)

Transportation

The Batu suburb is currently served by the Taman Wahyu, Kampung Batu and Batu Kentonmen Komuter stations on the

KTM Komuter KTM Komuter is a commuter rail system in Malaysia operated by Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM). It was introduced in 1995 to provide local rail services in Kuala Lumpur and the surrounding Klang Valley suburban areas. Services were later expanded to o ...

Seremban Line The Seremban Line ( ms, Laluan Seremban) or Seremban Komuter Line ( ms, Laluan Komuter Seremban) is one of the three KTM Komuter Central Sector lines provided by Keretapi Tanah Melayu. Its electric trains run between and , with some services t ...

. It is also served by the Kampung Batu MRT station on the

MRT Putrajaya Line The MRT Putrajaya Line is the second Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) line in Klang Valley, Malaysia, and the third fully automated and driverless rail system in region. The line stretches from to Putrajaya and runs through densely populated areas ...

. In the future, the Kentonmen as well as the

Jalan Ipoh Jalan Ipoh is a major road in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The road is named after the city of Ipoh in Perak. Its English name is called ''Ipoh Road''. History Jalan Ipoh obtained its name as the one and only road leading towards Ipoh from the ci ...

stations will serve the suburb as part of Phase 2 for the remaining line.

Politics

The current

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

(MP) for the Batu parliamentary constituency is Tuan Prabakaran A/L M Parameswaran from

Pakatan Harapan The Alliance of Hope ( ms, Pakatan Harapan; abbrev: PH; stylized as HARAPAN) is a Malaysian political coalition consisting of centre-left political parties which was formed in 2015 to succeed the Pakatan Rakyat coalition. It has been the ...

of PKR, who won the seat in the 2018 Malaysian general election. He is also the youngest serving MP in Malaysia.

References

Suburbs in Kuala Lumpur {{malaysia-geo-stub

Transportation

Politics

See also

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