BN secretary-general Zambry Abdul Kadir will be leading the coalition as election director in the upcoming Sungai Bakap by-election, to assist Pakatan Harapan candidate Joohari Ariffin.

The decision was reached at an Umno supreme council meeting chaired by party president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, according to party secretary-general Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki in a statement tonight.

Penang Umno chief and party veteran...