Former law minister Zaid Ibrahim, who hails from Kelantan, is to spread the word on the need to rescue his home state from PAS.

According to the former Umno lawmaker, Malays would be poor because of their obsession with the Islamist party's teachings, which distracted them from developing their human potential.

“This is why, for this election period, I will be spending a lot of time in my own state of Kelantan. I will try to tell as many voters as I can that PAS rule must end,” Zaid said in a blog posting...