DAP candidate crisis ends with a twist


Liew Chin Tong, the man at the centre of the candidacy controversy, has been directed by his party top guns to contest the Johor polls and lead the DAP campaign.

The former deputy minister had been adamant about not contesting a state seat and had relegated the election chief post to his state deputy and Kulai MP Teo Nie Ching.

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