Perak Pakatan Harapan has been hit with a second wave of defections immediately after Perikatan Nasional declared it would form a new state government.

At a press conference in Ipoh this afternoon, three assemblypersons announced they were quitting their respective Harapan component parties and declared their support for the new state government.

Two of the defectors - Paul Yong (Tronoh assemblyperson) and A Sivasubramaniam (Buntong) were from DAP while Hasnul Zulkarnain Abd Munaim (Titi Serong) was from Amanah...