BACHOK: Menteri Besar Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat confirmed yesterday that the state government, through the Kelantan Menteri Besar incorporated, will buy back the "Bazar Tok Guru" worth RM23 million due to technical problem.

He said the actual price was still under negotiation with the bazaar's developer Sensa Timur.

I RECENTLY attended a ‘live’ talk by Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, even though there was no byelection in sight. It was on a Kota Baru street on a Friday morning.

He spoke for almost an hour but thousands of people stayed put. It’s a weekly ritual known as sekolah atas tembok, which in this context translates to mean ‘school on the street’ rather than ‘school on a concrete wall’. He didn’t have to raise his voice;