Johor polls: Pakatan announces candidates for Mengkibol and Mahkota seats

KLUANG: Pakatan Harapan has announced two more of its candidates for the upcoming Johor state election.

DAP's incumbent Mengkibol assemblyman Chew Chong Sin would be defending his seat while Parti Amanah Negara (Amanah) has fielded incumbent Pulai Sebatang assemblyman Muhammad Taqiuddin Cheman for the Mahkota seat.

The announcement were made by Amanah president Mohamad Sabu and DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng at Jalan Ismail, Kluang here on Saturday (Feb 5).

In GE14, Chew won the Mengkibol seat with 29,559 against Chin Sim Lai from MCA who received 10,333 votes.

Meanwhile, Muhammad Taqiuddin won the Pulai Sebatang seat with 14,507 votes against MCA's Datuk Tee Siew Kiong (11,112) and PAS' Baharom Mohamad.

The Mahkota seat was previously won by former Amanah assemblyman Muhamad Said Jonit with 19,507 votes against Umno's Datuk Md Jais Sarday (17,839) and PAS' Muhammad Hasbullah Md Najib (3,092).

In February last year, Muhamad Said and two other Amanah assemblymen left the party for PKR.

Last year, Muhamad Said and two other Amanah assemblymen left the party for PKR.

The two others are incumbent Senggarang assemblyman Khairuddin A. Rahim and incumbent Serom assemblyman Faizul Amri Adnan.

There were allegations that the crossover was due to dissatisfaction towards the party. However, the three assemblymen had strongly denied the rumours.