Two worlds in Batu Pahat

Last-minute pullout: Dr Puad (far left) changed his mind about contesting as an independent leaving the parliamentary race in Batu Pahat to (from left): Haliza, Rashid and Dr Mahfodz.

IT was almost midnight, we were coming out of Starbucks in Batu Pahat when a sleek black Porche whizzed past us.

It was a Porsche Carrera and, according to local gossip, this sort of rich men’s toys usually come out at night.