MP SPEAKS | Umno's thumping victory in the Slim River by-election yesterday is the victory of the "Malu Apa" campaign against the Rukun Negara principles of "Belief in God, Loyalty to King and Country, Supremacy of the Constitution", the rule of law and good morality.

It reminds me of BN's thumping victories in the last two by-elections of the 13th Parliament – the Sungai Besar and Kuala Kangsar parliamentary by-elections in June 2016.

In the Sungai Besar and Kuala Kangsar by-elections, for the first time, the Umno president beat the PAS president in claiming divine intervention for the electoral victories.

The then Umno president and former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak said at the time that he had turned to God for answers if he was on the right path or whether he had really strayed, and that BN's...