Zahid to take on PAS, PKR as Raja Bomoh absent in Bagan Datuk

Marching in: Dr Ahmad Zahid (centre) and supporters arriving at the nomination centre at Dewan Gemilang Sekolah Menengah Sains in Bagan Datuk.

BAGAN DATUK: Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi will be squaring off with contenders from PAS and PKR here. But this fight for Bagan Datuk, one of the biggest coconut producers in Malaysia, will be without the man who held up two coconuts in a ritual to “protect” Malaysia last year.

“We welcome anyone to contest here – the more the merrier,” said the Deputy Prime Minister. “But I was told he had been declared a bankrupt.