He said this in response to Sungai Besar Umno division chief Jamal Md Yunos’ rebuke on June 5 that Khir should “go back” instead of making a “comeback” upon receiving news that Khir wishes to contest the Sungai Besar parliamentary seat in the coming election.
“The issue of lobbying (to contest the seat) does not arise because the party knows which candidates are winnable and which are not, and for the party, the priority will be given to winnable candidates.
“And with regard to me and Sungai Besar, I’ve never left Sungai Besar. People say ‘go back’, of course, I’d go back to Sungai Besar because my home is in Sungai Besar. My political career began in Sungai Besar.
“So Alhamdulillah (praise God) for telling me to go back to Sungai Besar, I have no problem with that,” he said in an...