The honeymoon period for Umno and PAS' alliance appears to be nearing its end.

One Umno veteran said the two parties were no longer as intimate as they were before.

"Yes, the relationship between PAS and Umno is not as intimate as before, especially after PAS received government positions," Umno veterans association secretary-general Mustapha Yaakub told Malaysiakini.

"People say it's like newlyweds who...