{
  "id": 17381998,
  "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-17381998",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-31T09:14:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "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": "In a recent incident at the PRN Melaka candidate nomination center in Alor Gajeh, Deputy Vice President of the Barisan Nasional (BN) Mohamad Hasan, also known as Tok Mat, revealed the frustration surrounding the situation. The BN executive was initially barred from entering the building where the nomination center was held. According to Mohamad, it was disclosed during a Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) briefing that voting cards would be distributed to enable them to accompany their respective candidates to the nomination center. However, they were informed that they could enter the complex but not the hall where the actual nomination proceedings took place, while also being allowed to rest under a tent in the compound. Mohamad expressed his disbelief, asking FMT, \"If we are not allowed to enter, why were cards issued for us?\" He was visibly upset after being denied access to the candidate nomination center for the BN candidate Lendu MP Abu Hakim Abdul Wahid. It was also reported that Mohamad lashed out at a SPR official who insisted that only the candidate and their supporters were permitted to enter the premises, 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": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}