KUALA KUBU BARU, April 25 -- Perikatan Nasional (PN) has named Hulu Selangor Bersatu acting division chief Khairul Azhari Saut as its candidate for the upcoming Kuala Kubu Baru by-election.

PN chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin made the announcement at the coalition's by-election headquarters tonight, saying that the PN supreme council had unanimously agreed that the 54-year-old Hulu Selangor-born businessman was the right candidate to secure a win in the state by-election for the Opposition coalition.

"We took many things into consideration before reaching our final decision, not only in terms of the seat itself and the number of voters, but also other aspects that go beyond that, namely the current situation, and the feedback that we h...