State polls: MCA and MIC to sit out elections


MCA secretary-general Datuk Chong Sin Woon (right) and MIC secretary-general RT Rajasekaran.

PETALING JAYA: Barisan Nasional component parties MCA and MIC will not be contesting in the upcoming state elections.

MCA secretary-general Datuk Chong Sin Woon said the decision to sit out the polls was made in a central committee meeting on Wednesday (July 5).

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