Mahkota polls: Experience growing up poor spurs Perikatan candidate's desire to help others


KLUANG: The experience of living in poverty is the main motivation for Perikatan Nasional's candidate for the Mahkota by-election to help others, particularly young people, escape similar circumstances.

Mohamad Haizan Jaafar, 61, shared that his success in life came through his talent for sports, eventually leading him to become a football coach in Kluang.

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