‘Pakatan knows they can’t win Chini, so they skip it’


House call: Umno vice-president Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob (left) speaking with Felda settler Ibrahim Che Mat, 73, while visiting his home in Pekan. — Bernama

PEKAN: The Opposition did not field a candidate in the Chini by-election because it knows it cannot win, says Umno deputy president Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan.

He said Covid-19 was just a convenient excuse for not contesting after the Opposition clearly saw that it could not wrest Chini from Barisan Nasional.

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