By Ahmad Erwan Othman PEKAN, July 5 -- Many people would presume that the retention of the Chini state seat by Barisan Nasional (BN) with a landslide victory was largely driven by a lack of strong opposition after PAS threw their support behind BN, apart from Pakatan Harapan not fielding a candidate. This resulted in the BN candidate, Mohd Sharim Md Zain, a local boy from the second generation of Felda Chini 3, being opposed by only two independent candidates, from outside the Chini constituency. But, the co-operation between the two biggest Malay-based political parties, PAS and BN, under the PAS-BN Muafakat Nasional spirit, and a new alliance of parties in Perikatan Nasional, could be...
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