SLIM POLLS | Pakatan Harapan last night deployed some of its senior leaders to work the Chinese ground for Parti Pejuang Tanah Air's (Pejuang) candidate Amir Khusyairi Mohamad Tanusi, who is contesting as an independent candidate in the Slim by-election.

While an ambivalent Harapan has held back from deploying its topmost leaders such as PKR president Anwar Ibrahim and DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng, the moderately senior line-up included PKR's Tanjung Malim MP Chang Lih Kang (above) and DAP's Teluk Intan MP Nga Kor Ming.

Chang is PKR vice-president while Nga is the DAP deputy secretary-general. Both are MPs in Perak.

Taking the stage at a ceramah near the...