State Chairman of PH and the Democratic Action Party (DAP) of Penang Chow was reappointed the Chief Minister on 13 August 2023.
[1] On 24 August 2023, Mohamad, as the Penang EXCO Member in charge of Islamic Development, requested the Seberang Perai City Council (MBSP) to cancel the approval for the "Viral Lagu-lagu TikTok Malaysia Indonesia Concert" (Indonesia Malaysia Viral TikTok Songs Concert) that was going to be held in Kepala Batas on 30 September 2023[2] after the concert was asked to be cancelled by Member of Parliament (MP) for Kepala Batas Siti Mastura Mohamad[3] and MLA for Bertam Reezal Merican Naina Merican.
Mohamad explained that the cancellation was decided as to take the sentiments of the Muslims into consideration as it was going to be held only two days after the Maulidur Rasul.
On 25 August 2023, Chief Minister and MP for Batu Kawan Chow reverted the cancellation and approved the request.
He won the seat and was elected into the Penang State Legislative Assembly as the Batu Maung MLA after defeating Azahari Aris of Perikatan Nasional (PN) by the majority of 3,221 votes.