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enpenang - Pakatan Harapan (PH) candidate Johari Kassim for the Seberang Jaya state seat (middle) taking selfies with voters at a pasar malam.




Credit: Eileen Ng

Pakatan Harapan candidate Johari Kassim taking selfies with voters at a pasar malam in Penang on Sunday.

ST PHOTO: EILEEN NG

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- Making his rounds at a pasar malam in his constituency of Seberang Jaya in mainland Penang on Sunday, state election candidate Johari Kassim was greeted politely but with little enthusiasm by shoppers and traders alike.

Mr Johari, 62, hails from the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition,

which has teamed up with former foe Barisan Nasional (BN)

in Malaysia’s so-called unity government led by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.

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