SARAWAK POLLS | For Muslims, Hari Raya Aidilfitri is the most important event of the year. For folks in rural Pusa, Aidilfitri last year was one they would never forget.

Former civil servant and Pusa resident Wan Ahmad Wan Dahlan, 47, said both the electricity and water supply was cut off for hours during Aidilfitri, ruining the event.

Pusa is both the name of a coastal town between Sri Aman and Sarikei and the district with the ignominy of being the most impoverished in Sarawak, according to the 12th Malaysia Plan.

During Malaysiakini's visit to the town...