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Kini Roundup: DAP sounds S'wak alarm bells; Harapan wants to move on

Here are the key headlines you may have missed yesterday.

DAP veteran warns of tough fight in S'wak

DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang warned that the party risks losing seven out of its 12 state seats in Sarawak in the face of BN's onslaught.

This came just as PBB deputy president Abang Johari Openg expressed confidence that BN can break into the opposition's stronghold in urban areas.

Meanwhile, Sarawak Chief Minister Adenan Satem has been busy working the ground in Chinese constituencies controlled by DAP, telling Chinese voters in Sibu to choose between having Chinese ministers or DAP.

In Miri, Adenan tells the bumiputera community there to unite behind BN, stating that this would be sufficient to help the ruling coalition to capture the seats there which comprise mostly Chinese.

DAP, which swept the urban areas with substantial Chinese population in the last state election, is now trying to move inroads into more rural seats where there is a substantial Dayak population.

Harapan wants to move on after DAP-PKR clash

PKR national election director Nurul Izzah Anwar denies claims that party deputy president Mohamed Azmin Ali reneged on the seat negotiations agreement with DAP, but said it was time for the parties to move on and focus on BN until after the May 7 election.

This leaves the DAP-PKR clashes in six state seats in Sarawak unresolved.

PKR president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, who visited the state, urged voters to choose non-BN candidates when asked about the unresolved clashes.

Jumping on this, federal minister Salleh Said Keruak slammed the opposition's "weak structure" and said it can never be the alternative government it claims to be.

Other Kini bites:

The Malaysian Trade Union Congress and PSM hit the streets for International Workers' Day.

Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak said Ahmad Razif will be retained as Terengganu menteri besar after meeting the state's monarch.

Tourism Minister Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz hails the revocation of police escort for former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad for being anti-government.

News Straits Times' group editor Mustapha Kamil Mohd Janor confirmed his abrupt resignation, after 26 years with the English daily, but refuses to disclose the reason for his departure.

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