ANALYSIS Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and his RM2.6 billion and 1MDB scandals have become a black spot for the BN in peninsular Malaysia.

These scandals have made waves from the south in Johor, home of his former deputy Muhyiddin Yassin, all the way to the north in Kedah, where his archrival's son Mukhriz Mahathir was removed as menteri besar.

But over in the east, across the sea in the land of the hornbills, will firing shots at the self-proclaimed Bugis admiral sink his Sarawak captain's ship?

The opposition is hoping that it will, and is banking on the scandals and some of Najib's policies to turn the tide against Sarawak Chief Minister Adenan Satem's popularity...