Awkward Moment As Village Chief Can T Recognise New Gov T Leaders

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SEMENYIH POLLS | A Pakatan Harapan function in conjunction with the Semenyih by-election saw an awkward moment when the local Orang Asli village chief could not recognise the new federal government leaders
In the dialogue session with the Orang Asli community from Kampung Sungai Lalang Baru, its village chief Aleh Abdullah was asked to first deliver a speech
"Assalamualaikum and good evening to the respected...," the 53-year-old village chief said before trailing off as he looked at the Harapan leaders present
The awkward silence was broken when the emcee reminded the village chief that he had been provided with a speech text
"I've given you the speech text, just read it," said the emcee
Aleh then apologised and reached for his T-shirt pocket where he produced a folded piece of paper
He then read from the speech text, but struggled with a number of words
Among the leaders present at the event were Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin, Amanah central committee members Hanipa Maidin and Nizar Jamaluddin, and Harapan's Semenyih candidate Muhammad Aiman Zainali
Aleh, when approached by journalists after the speech, said he did not write it and was only reading it out as instructed
The village chief said apart from Harapan's visit today, the coalition will also be visiting on Feb 26, while BN will visit on Feb 27
He claimed that there will be karaoke, hampers and free food on the Feb 26 event
Semenyih voters will go to the polls on March 2 where they will have to vote from among four candidates
The candidates are Aiman, BN's Zakaria Hanafi, PSM' Nik Aziz Afiq Abdul and independent candidate Kuan Chee Heng
The seat fell vacant following the passing of Bersatu incumbent Bakhtiar Mohd Nor. - Mkini

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