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Muhyiddin (right) greeting BN candidate Yussibnosh Balo during nomination day for the Balingian by-election. - ZULAZHAR SHEBLEE / THE STAR

Two ‘kampung boys’ vie for the big shoes left behind by former Sarawak chief minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud.

WHEN PKR deputy president Azmin Ali introduced his party’s candidate for the Balingian by-election, the first question from reporters was whether Abdul Jalil Bujang is a Melanau.

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