CAMERON POLLS | In 2015, Ramli Mohd Nor became the highest ranking Orang Asli police officer in the nation’s history.

And now speculation is rife that BN might entrust the former assistant commissioner with the task of retaining the coalition's Cameron Highlands seat in the Jan 26 by-election.

Furthermore, Ramli is a local from the Semai tribe, which forms the bulk of the 22 percent of Orang Asli voters in the parliament seat...