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TERENGGANU: In the past week, a small fishing town in Malaysia’s eastern state of Terengganu has been turned into a political battleground.<\/p>\n

Kuala Besut is set for a by-election on July 24 after its incumbent assemblyman died of lung cancer.<\/p>\n

The polls are keenly watched as an opposition win will result in the first hung state assembly in Malaysia’s history.<\/p>\n

The straight fight between Malaysia’s ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) and the opposition Islamic party Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) is the first by-election since an intensely fought general election in May that returned BN to power.<\/p>\n

Both sides are seizing this opportunity to prove their case.<\/p>\n

BN wants to secure a bigger win to show it has the rural support while PAS is all out to create the first hung state assembly in history.<\/p>\n

If PAS wins, both sides will have an equal number of seats in the 32 seat state assembly.<\/p>\n

“The theme for this by election is \u201816:16\u2019. We have announced that if we win, BN can keep the Menteri Besar post, we will take Kuala Besut as ours,” said PAS campaign manager, Hanafiah Mat.<\/p>\n

Both sides are fielding first timers.<\/p>\n

BN candidate, Tengku Zaihan, is a 37-year-old civil engineer who hails from this coastal community in Kuala Besut.<\/p>\n

The PAS is fielding 48-year-old Azlan Yusof, a local businessman and a philanthropist.<\/p>\n

It is barely less than three months since the last general election where BN won by a handsome majority of 2,400 votes and the odds are said to be stacked against PAS as Kuala Besut is a stronghold of the BN.<\/p>\n

BN has promised over US$100 million of development, including building a massive breakwater in Kuala Besut, and upgrading the infrastructure, as well as improving the quality of health care and education here.\"undilah\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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