Noor Effandi Ahmad, the only one to sit out of the Malacca polls, from four assemblypersons who were responsible for bringing down Sulaiman Md Ali's Umno-Bersatu state government, has emerged in the tail-end of the campaign period.

Taking aim at Malacca Bersatu chief Mohd Rafiq Naizamohideen, he criticised Rafiq for playing the race card.

"I believe we are no longer living in a time when...