Ketika Mahkamah Rayuan akan mendengar rayuan pendakwaan terhadap keputusan Mahkamah Tinggi yang membebaskan Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin daripada tuduhan salah guna kuasa, taikun Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Al Bukhary turut menjadi tumpuan
Initially given two seats, last-minute negotiations within Barisan Nasional now lands MCA with the staunchly DAP seats of Kota Laksamana and Bandar Hilir
Besides notable incumbents defending their seats such as Melaka CM Datuk Seri Ab Rauf Yusoh and Melaka Pakatan chief Adly Zahari, the Prime Minister’s political secretary Datuk Azman Abidin will contest his maiden election in Paya Rumput