Mentri Besar walking on thin ice


SOME in Umno had jokingly referred to Datuk Seri Jalaluddin Alias as “yang amat berhormat mentri besar” shortly after the Negri Sembilan crisis erupted.

For a while, it did seem like the Negri Sembilan Umno chief, who often goes around on a big bike, was on his way to the dream post until everything that could go wrong did go wrong.

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