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On the edge: It has been a long fall from grace for Shahrizat and Umno members are anxious that the party is being pulled further down with each new allegation about her family’s business. — ABDUL RAHMAN EMBONG / The Star

Datuk Seri Shahrizat Jalil has been fighting for her political survival in the face of all sorts of allegations about her family but in Johor yesterday, she was fighting off speculation that she is resigning as a minister.

EVERYONE noticed that Datuk Seri Shahrizat Jalil was not her usual self in Kulai, Johor, where the senior Umno ladies were gathered for a political retreat.

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