Worrying signals from the heartland


Young participants at the 405 rally. - NORAFIFI EHSAN / The Star

KHAIRY Jamaluddin had been unsure about whether he wanted to be part of the increasingly cosy ties between PAS and Umno.

But a chance meeting with Kedah politician Datuk Suraya Yaacob during the Rantau by-election campaign helped change his mind.

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