Anuar Tan Abdullah, PAS' Chinese Muslim assemblyperson for Kota Lama, is confident that he can fend off the DAP.

This comes in the face of DAP eyeing to contest the Kota Lama state seat, which has the highest concentration of Chinese voters in Kelantan, a state in which DAP has not contested since the 1986 general election.

Anuar believes Chinese voters in his constituency will continue to back him for a fifth term, claiming that the Chinese in Kelantan were "different" and not easily influenced by DAP.

"They (Chinese voters in Kelantan) have been educated in PAS' way of governance and have been given fair treatment since the time of the late (former menteri besar) Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat.

"In other places, they be may be influenced by DAP, but not in Kelantan," he told Malaysiakini.

Anuar won 14,269 votes to MCA's 7,651 votes in Kota Lama during the last general election.

Voters in the constituency comprise 64 percent Malays, 34 percent Chinese and two percent Indians...