JOHOR POLLS | That night was pitch dark - a familiar scene along the 50km stretch linking Yong Peng to Paloh.

Every winding bend has to be negotiated without a single street lamp. When high beams cut through the darkness, motorists often encounter snakes and carcasses of monitor lizards crushed by passing vehicles.

According to Dr Ruben Arumungum, the Pakatan Harapan-DAP candidate for the Paloh state seat, the road has become a deadly stretch that...