WHEN Pas Kelantan announced that their candidate, fishmonger Mohd Fauzi Abdullah, would win by a massive majority of 2,000 votes, it sounded strange because by all accounts, the voters on the ground were split evenly.

Obviously those who are sympathetic towards Pas say this is an Umno spin, a way to make Malaysians believe that Barisan Nasional is still very relevant and wanted by a large portion of the population.