Herman Tino pulls out of race

Dangdut singer, Herman Tino, who had before this offered himself to contest as an independent candidate in the Kajang by-election, announced on Thursday that he will pull out of the race.

He said he had decided not to contest in the by-election as he did not want to be accused as spoiling votes or paid by certain parties.

“I don’t want to be called as spoiler of votes, looking for cheap publicity or reward from the GE13, P95 Tg Karang and Kajang seat by-election,” he said in a press statement, Thursday.

Herman Tino or his real name, Marsun Tamsi had before this contested as an independent candidate in the 13th general election last year for the Tanjung Karang parliamentary seat. He stood against Barisan Nasional’s Datuk Seri Noh Omar dan PAS candidate, Mohamad Rashdi Deraman.

Noh won the seat with 20,548 votes, beating PAS’s candidate with a majority of 4,394 votes while Herman who only managed to secure 340 votes, lost his deposit.