00:00The decision of the national committee to name a former teacher behind Islamic education as a candidate for the election of Raya Kecil Don Air Kuning may bear fruit.
00:12Thus, according to a young leader of UMNO to the FMT, after it was announced that Ustaz Yusri Bahkir, 54 years old, will compete in the PRK.
00:24The leader said that Yusri's choice ran with a sense of time at the root of UMBI, especially following the dissatisfaction among Islamic Malay candidates for the ruling coalition government.
00:38He also emphasized that the status of Yusri as a respected teacher and ustaz in the community can give him an advantage.
00:47However, the leader reminded that the BN campaign does not ignore non-Malay candidates given that the national chair is located in the TAPAH parliamentary area,
00:58a mixed area that is now represented by the post of President of MIC, M Saravanan.
01:04Based on the 2018 election data, Air Kuning is a mixed chair with a composition of 58% Malay candidates, 23% Chinese, 14% Indian and 5% others.