SEMENYIH: The Barisan Nasional (BN) today named Zakaria Hanafi, permanent chairman of the Kampung Sesepan Kelubi Umno Branch, as its candidate for the Semenyih state by-election on March 2.
BN deputy president Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan made the announcement before about 200 supporters of the coalition here.
“The BN has selected a local as the candidate because we do not want to have an outsider,” he told a press conference after the announcement. MIC deputy president Datuk Seri M. Saravanan; MCA vice-president Senator Datuk Seri Ti Lian Ker and PAS secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan were also present at the event.
Zakaria, 58, holds a bachelor’s degree in Development Science (Hons) from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM).
The by-election has been necessitated by the death of the assemblyman, Bakhtiar Mohd Nor of Bersatu, of a heart attack on Jan 11.
Nomination for the by-election is on Saturday. — Bernama
