We lost by-election due to PAS working with 'kafir' party - Dr M

Hariz MohdPublished: Feb 1, 2019 7:56 PM | Updated: Feb 1, 2019 8:50 PM

Pakatan Harapan chairperson Dr Mahathir Mohamad has attributed BN's Cameron Highlands by-election victory to the cooperation between former rivals PAS and Umno.

Speaking to reporters after chairing the Harapan presidential council meeting in Putrajaya today, Mahathir took a jab at both parties by recalling how PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang had referred to Umno as "parti kafir" (infidel party) in the 1980s.

UPDATED 8.50PM | Dr M takes a jab at both PAS and Umno in his 'analysis' of why BN won the Cameron Highlands by-election.

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