Malaysia GE2022: Zahid’s divisive line-up could backfire on BN’s election prospects

KUALA LUMPUR - It did not take long for Malaysia’s caretaker Prime Minister

Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s warnings of internal sabotage

in the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) to become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Umno president Zahid Hamidi’s line-up of election candidates on Tuesday for the BN coalition which he chairs was controversial, and that’s putting it mildly.