How PKR won, then lost Sarawak


Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (left) and Baru Bian. -filepic

DURING the 12th General Election in 2008, PKR contested in 11 seats in Sarawak and won zero.

“It was rock bottom for Sarawak PKR. But it never deterred us. We were used to maintaining the struggle with minimum resources, ” recalled a Sarawak PKR insider.

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General Election , PKR , politics , Philip Golingai

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