00:00Amanah President Mohammad Sabu has defended the party's decision to field the Chinese candidate in a Malay majority seat at
00:07the Johor state election next month.
00:10Speaking at a press conference, he said there ought to be no issues surrounding Sharon Thio's candidacy for the Permas
00:16seat.
00:17Mohammad, better known as Matt Sabu, was responding to concerns over possible dissatisfaction among party members and supporters amid concerns
00:26that Thio would be rejected at the polls.
00:28Amanah's nomination of Thio for the state election on July 11 has raised eyebrows among political observers.
00:35UMNO won the Permas seat in the last state polls with a 7,926 vote majority.
00:42Amanah came in third in the five-cornered fight after its candidate Saeed Othman Abdullah secured 14,521 votes.
00:51Thio was previously quoted as saying that Amanah was a multiracial party that advocates mercy for all creation.
00:59She is a former Johor Amanah Secretary.
01:02Amandeep Gill, FMT.
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