SLIM RIVER, PERAK - Malaysia's newest political party led by statesman Mahathir Mohamad is facing an uphill battle in a by-election in a rural district in Perak state.
The Slim state constituency, about an hour's drive north of Kuala Lumpur, is an Umno stronghold seat, with the party working well with its political partner, Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS), to work the ground.
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