Following the Perlis menteri besar imbroglio, Tambun Tulang assemblyperson Ismail Kassim has announced that he has left Umno and is now an independent candidate.

Speaking to the New Straits Times, Ismail, the brother of Perlis BN chief Shahidan Kassim, said he has lost confidence in the current Umno leadership and now wished to forge a relationship with the Pakatan Harapan federal government...