Kuala Lampur, Nov. 14 -- Barisan Nasional (BN) will win back the Tanjung Piai parliamentary constituency, which was once the party's fort, with Chinese votes expected to shift away from Pakatan Harapan (PH), think-tank Ilham Centre predicted.

In its observation report leading to the said prediction, the centre said that PH's win in the 14th general election in Johor last year was in fact contributed predominantly by the issues surrounding former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, and was not linked to Umno's performance in Johor.

"The fall of Johor (to PH) that i the birth place and strongest fort of Umno, was contributed by factors in Putrajaya, and not because of the leadership in Johor.

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