INTERVIEW | Bersatu candidate for Pekan, Zahid Md Arip, has been warned by his friends that bad things can happen to him if he ran against BN leader Najib Abdul Razak.

However, Zahid said that this has not dissuaded him from accepting his party's instructions to be fielded as a candidate to unseat Najib - the 10-term Pekan MP.

"People have been asking me why am I contesting in Pekan? They advised me not to challenge Najib. They reminded me about my safety. They warned me about how I would be a victim of a bomoh from India...