{
  "id": 17378415,
  "title": "Tok Mat perjelas kekecohan di pusat penamaan calon PRN Melaka",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/tok-mat-perjelas-kekecohan-di-pusat-penamaan-calon-prn-melaka",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-31T09:14:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2026/10/31/tok-mat-perjelas-kekecohan-di-pusat-penamaan-calon-prn-melaka"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "PETALING JAYA: Mohamad Hasan, Deputy Chairman of Barisan Nasional, explained the chaos at the PRN Melaka candidate registration center in Alor Gajah this morning, after being denied entry to the building. Known as \"Tok Mat,\" he said party leaders had been informed during a Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya briefing that entry lists would be issued to allow them to accompany candidates into the registration center. According to him, they were told that leaders were permitted to enter the grounds but not the chamber where the registration process took place, and could rest under a tent in the building's lobby. \"Suddenly this morning, I was not allowed to enter beyond the fence at the complex,\" he told FMT. As Deputy President of Umno, Mohamad was clearly furious after being barred from accompanying BN candidate Abu Hakim Abdul Wahid to the candidate registration center. He also reportedly cursed a SPR official who firmly stated that only nomination seekers and supporters were allowed entry into the center, according to Utusan Malaysia.",
  "summary": "Timbalan pengerusi BN berkata, pimpinan parti sebelum ini dimaklumkan oleh SPR mereka boleh masuk ke pusat penamaan, cuma bukan ke dewan pencalonan.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}