Barisan Nasional (BN) has not ruled out fielding a candidate from outside Kinabatangan Umno for the Lamag state by-election, says the party’s Sabah information chief Nik Nadzri Nik Zawawi.
The Liawan assemblyman said the candidate for the state seat would be discussed at Sabah Umno’s political bureau meeting on Dec 30, following BN chairman Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s announcement that Naim Kurniawan, son of the late Bung Moktar Radin, would be fielded in the by-election for the parliamentary seat of Kinabatangan.
Sabah Umno chief Jafry Ariffin has been tasked with making an official announcement regarding the Lamag state seat.
“Regarding the Lamag and Kinabatangan by-elections, so far, it has been confirmed that BN will contest both parliamentary and state seats.
“We do not rule out the possibility of (fielding) a…