PH GE14 candidate Muslimin Yahaya not Ahmad Zahid's political secretary

BAGAN DATUK: Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi today dismissed the claim by certain quarters that his political secretary is the opposition Pakatan Harapan (PH) candidate for the Sungai Besar parliamentary seat.
The caretaker Deputy Prime Minister and Barisan Nasional (BN) deputy chairman said Muslimin Yahaya was only a special officer of one of his political secretaries.
Speaking to reporters after a visit to the Bagan Datuk Waterfront here, he said Muslimin had expressed the desire to contest the Sungai Besar seat, but it was not anticipated that he would join PKR.
PH announced last night that Muslimin was its candidate for Sungai Besar in the 14th General Election (GE14) on May 9.
"I hope his is an individual stand and has no connection with my political secretary. I wish him well," said Ahmad Zahid.
Muslimin is a committee member of the Sungai Besar Umno Division and a former senior private secretary to the late Tan Sri Noriah Kasnon when she was the deputy minister of plantation industries and commodities. — Bernama