DAY 8 | Rantau BN machinery chugs along as Tok Mat takes sick leave

 

DAY 8 | It's day eight of campaigning for the six state elections.

News reports from the ground.

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8am: Rantau, Negeri Sembilan - The BN machinery is still chugging along in Rantau even in the absence of its candidate Umno deputy president Mohamad Hasan, who is resting after coming down with an influenza infection.

Also seen stumping for Mohamad is the MCA president Wee Ka Siong, who urges the local Chinese Malaysian community to support the BN candidate.

MCA president Wee Ka Siong

"The campaign is going smoothly even though Tok Mat is not able to meet, and voters are understanding of the situation. The campaign machinery is still moving as planned," a campaign worker, who declined to be named, tells Malaysiakini.

Mohamad announced on Thursday night that he was sick and was instructed to rest for three days, to avoid spreading the disease. - - Mkini