JOHOR BY-ELECTIONS | For a person entrusted with the heavy task of denying the government its two-thirds majority in the Dewan Rakyat, Perikatan Nasional’s Pulai candidate Zulkifli Jaafar appears quite unfazed.

The 50-year-old, whose profile listed directorships in six different companies, said pressure is part and parcel of building up businesses.

“I’m used to pressure,” the Pulai Bersatu deputy division chief told Malaysiakini on Monday, the third day of campaigning,

“Even in business, you will feel that (pressure). So I just chill,” Zulkifli said.

One reason Zulkifli is able to be so “chill” is...