The states mainly affected are Perak in the north and Negeri Sembilan in the centre, where the largest concentrations of pig farms in South-East Asia are found.
Finally, as Mr. Anwar's Sept. 16, 2008, claims of having enough defectors at the time to take over government and Mr. Najib's tolerance of the Front's dubious takeover of the Perak state legislature in 2009 demonstrate, both are comfortable with the ambiguities of Malaysian politics.