PKR leader: Azmin not fleeing Gombak, seat is still safe

Talk about Selangor Menteri Besar Mohamed Azmin Ali possibly contesting in the 'safer' Shah Alam parliamentary seat have raised concerns that the two-term parliamentarian is afraid that he may lose in his Gombak seat at the coming general election.

Azmin is seen as facing a problem in defending Gombak as it is a stronghold of PAS. The Islamist party has severed ties with PKR and is seen as increasingly BN-friendly.

The relationship between the Azmin-led Selangor government and PAS worsened after the former reportedly cut the annual allocations for PAS state and federal lawmakers in the state...