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All eyes on Pahang by-election

By Philip Golingai
Who will win: Politics are so fluid in Malaysia that even a by-election in a small town garners national attention. -- Filepic/The Star

WILL it be hadiah bungkus (gift wrapped) or bungkus (lose) for Umno in the by-election in Pelangai, Pahang?

Datuk Amizar Abu Adam of Umno faces Perikatan Nasional’s Kasim Samat of PAS and Inde-pendent candidate Haslihelmy DM Zulhasli, who was immediately sacked from Umno for contesting.

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Philip Golingai

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