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The Perak Mentri Besar said several representatives entrusted by Umno to contest in the seats during the last general election had betrayed the party by jumping ship to another political party.
“So these seats where the representatives had betrayed us, must be returned to Umno.
“The Larut parliamentary seat, and the Sungai Manik and Tualang Sekah state seats are some examples where the seats were won by Umno, but the representatives later jumped to Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia, ” he said in his speech at the opening of the Larut Umno division meeting at a hotel here.
The current Larut MP is Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainuddin, who is also Bersatu secretary-general, while Tualang Sekah and Sungai Manik assemblymen are Datuk Nolee Ashilin Mohd Radzi and Datuk Zainol Fadzi Paharudin, respectively, who are both state executive council members.