COMMENT With Umno now said to be in cahoots with PAS, the Chinese voters in peninsular Malaysia are likely to give not a hoot on the Chinese-majority party within Barisan Nasional (BN).

Cracks are also beginning to appear in BN, with the deep wounds now being opened up again over the issue of the hudud law.

In East Malaysia, in particular, Sarawak, because of Umno’s willingness to support the instrument towards implementing the hudud law, voters are unlikely to agree.