Former plantation industries and commodities minister Zuraida Kamaruddin clinched the Ampang parliamentary constituency in the 14th general election (GE14) because she contested under the PKR ticket, not due to the strength of her character, party secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution Ismail contended.

In his witness statement to support PKR’s RM10 million defection suit against her at the High Court in Kuala Lumpur, he pointed out that this was proven when she failed to win the seat in last year’s 15th general election (GE15) under the Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM) ticket....