Former Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin had been unsure about whether he wanted to be part of the increasingly cosy ties between Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) and Umno.
But a chance meeting with Kedah Umno politician Suraya Yaacob during the Rantau by-election campaign last month helped change his mind.
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