00:02Several Barisan national heavyweights turned up at the Simpang Rengam District Council on Saturday morning
00:08in a show of support for Datuk On Hafiz Ghazi, who is defending his matchup seat in the 16th Johor
00:15state election.
00:16Among those present at the nomination centre were BN Chairman Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi,
00:23former UMNO Youth Chief Kairi Jamaluddin, and Sembrong Member of Parliament Datuk Seri Hishamuddin Hussein.
00:30Zahid arrived at about 8.50am to a crowd of hundreds of BN supporters who had gathered since early morning,
00:37waving flags and chanting party slogans.
00:41The caretaker Mentari Basar, who is also Johor BN Chairman, arrived shortly after
00:47and submitted his nomination papers when the process opened at 9am.
00:52On Hafiz, who has led the Johor administration since March 2022,
00:57is seeking a second term as matchup assemblyman after winning the seat in 2022
01:03with a 6,543-vote majority in a four-cornered contest.
01:09He previously represented Layang Layang, which he won in the 2018 general election with a 364-vote majority.
01:17He spent a lot of time on the
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