Copter crash: Tragedy strikes fear among campaigners


Land transport vehicles plying rural northern Sarawak en masse as campaign draws to a close.

MIRI: The helicopter tragedy in Betong has struck fear among political campaigners in the remote constituencies, some of whom have resorted to using land transport to travel vast distances.  

This is despite the fact that flying takes a shorter time as a mode of transport.  

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