Kuala Lampur, May 9 -- PAS gets a lot of flak for being out of touch. It's not like the party is unaware of the jibes.

However, middle-class Netflix-watching Malaysia tends to be just as obtuse about national politics.

A planted faux pas during the Kuala Kubu Baru by-election, seat N06 of the Selangor state assembly, illustrates this tremendously well.

Around Nomination Day (April 27), PAS Info Chief Ahmad Fadhli Shaari inquired about DAP candidate Pang Sock Tao's academic qualifications.

Pang duly obliged. Her certificates were posted online. If her fans in Taman Tun Ismail or Sunway thought her straight As in both UPSR and SPM was about to stillborn Bersatu-Perikatan Nasional candidate Khairul Azhari Saut's campaign, they are in for...