Umno and DAP - warm on top, cold below


TWO politicians from Umno and DAP have recently emerged as poster boys for the problematic relations between their respective parties.

Human Resource Minister Steven Sim and Deputy Works Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan came together like old friends to exchange pantun or Malay poems during the by-election in Kuala Kubu Baharu.

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