DAP's Ayer Hitam candidate responds to purported racial slurs

Geraldine TongPublished: Nov 5, 2022 11:05 PM | Updated: Nov 6, 2022 3:48 AM

GE15 | Pakatan Harapan candidate for Ayer Hitam in Johor Sheikh Umar Bagharib Ali urged those in BN to refrain from making racial attacks or using racial slurs.

This comes after he was purportedly called a racial slur by Malay BN supporters outside the nomination centre in Ayer Hitam yesterday morning.

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