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JOHOR BARU: Dispatch rider Mazwan Ali travelled almost 100km from Pontian to Pulai to attend a kenduri rakyat near his brother’s home in Pulai.

The 36-year-old Umno member was among the dozens of people who braved a heavy downpour to listen to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, who was in town for a one-day working visit one day before nomination day for the Pulai and Simpang Jeram by-elections.

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