While BN has yet to name its candidate, Umno vice-president Ismail Sabri Yaakob today assured that the coalition would be fielding a younger candidate than that chosen by Pakatan Harapan to contest the Tanjung Piai parliamentary by-election.

Even so, he declined to reveal to reporters any details on the candidate, including race and gender.

“(BN will field a candidate) who is younger than Pakatan Harapan’s. A young person,” he said to reporters at Parliament lobby today ...