KUALA LUMPUR, March 12 — The joy of DAP MP Zairil Khir Johari’s engagement to his party’s Socialist Youth leader, Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud, is unlikely to translate to good news for either’s political careers, said political observers.

Geopolitical expert Azmi Hassan told Malay Mail that the issue would have come to a head, even if the two had not announced their engagement on Saturday.

He said that while Zairil will likely still be retained as a candidate in the general election, the couple’s relationship as well as Dyana’s middling growth as a politician since losing the 2014 Teluk Intan by-election meant she may not make the cut.

“It is true there are husband-and-wife candidates within parties, but with Dyana, her chances were already slim for her to be fielded as a DAP candidate even before the engagement due to the by-election,” Azmi said.

DAP continued grooming Dyana since her narrow defeat to Gerakan president Datuk Seri Mah Siew Keong in 2014, as part of its stable of young, Malay leaders.

Since then, however, she has made as many headlines as the rumoured love interest of DAP assistant national publicity secretary Zairil as she has for anything else.

Azmi said DAP may now take the opportunity to drop Dyana as a candidate for GE14 in a move that would allow her and the party to save face.

National Professors Council’s Political, Security and International Affairs Cluster secretary Datuk Abdul Halim Sidek said both Zairil and Dyana will need to be protected if DAP fields them in the general election.

He said both Malay candidates will have to be given safe Chinese-majority seats to ensure they will be voted in.

“At the end of the day, it boils down to endorsement. Even though DAP has no grassroots candidate, should the top leadership say they are good, they can be placed anywhere and the people will vote for them, if they are die-hard supporters of the party,” he said.

Zairil and Dyana had their private engagement ceremony on Saturday, at the Kinta Riverfront Hotel in Ipoh.

The couple are scheduled to wed before the end of the year.

http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia...ps-zairil-dyana

Bukit Bendera. Includes Tanjung Bungah, I think got the landslide issues there last year.

https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/379658

A lot of people don't like the fact that Zairil and Dyana were dating in public (remember the pictures) when Zairil was still married.

Last month when Dyana was interviewed by Sinar Harian and asked about her picture with Zairil, she pivot to Rahman Dahlan's curut

It's not about the wedding, it's about the LIES.

Dyana’s mother denies daughter and Zairil are lovers

Mother of former Teluk Intan by-election candidate Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud has hit out at those who circulated photographs depicting Dyana and Penang DAP vice-chairman Zairil Khir Johari as being lovers.

“That is not Dyana. Dyana and Zairil are not in love!” she said in an interview with Sinar Harian.

Yammy Samat reportedly said that the pictures were the latest attempts by certain quarters to defame Dyana and ultimately see her kicked out of her party.

She also saw the move as a way to divert attention from bigger issues.

“This is not something new, it happened even during the Teluk Intan by-election.

“If even with Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Azmin Ali they can defame and create such images, what more with Dyana,” Yammy was quoted.

As a respected parliamentarian, Yammy said, Zairil would not do such a thing to jeopardise his image.

Yammy reportedly said that she had yet to decide if she would take any action against the matter, as there were already several court cases filed against politicians that were still ongoing.

Some 13 intimate photographs of Zairil and Dyana that were made to look like “selfies” surfaced recently on the Internet.

They were circulated through blogs and a Facebook account with Zairil’s photograph used as the profile photo.

Both Dyana and Zairil are unfazed by the issue, with the latter having said that it was gutter politics at its worst.

He also said he wasn’t surprised at the images as his mobile phone has been hacked before.

Dyana, on the other hand, merely said “Sigh. Not again,” through her Twitter account.

So it's true, then. Zairil was dating Dyana when he was still married to his 2nd (3rd?) wife

You're right! Credit to her for just letting her facial expression do the talking.

Apparently the two's affair has been well known in political circles for years already.

Dunno why they feel they need to lie about it. Maybe to win votes. Kantoi juga akhirnya.

Pre-emptive strike.

Their affair is widely known already in political circles and so by announcing it now, they can control the damage for the PRU.

Better than having it break during the ceramah season two weeks before the PRU.

Remember Zairil's protestations, accusing other people of faking the photos?

https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4270416/all

Haha check out this tered from 2014

https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/3384607/all

Even YB Hannah Yeoh also ...