By Ong Hwee Hwee

TAIPEI: The four dozen Malaysian MPs who are on an 'agriculture' tour of Taiwan will officially end their trip tomorrow, and some of them had already left for home, said lawmaker Tiong King Sing, who organised the trip.

Their return would blunt any excuse by opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim if he is not able to deliver on his promise to topple the government through cross- overs by Tuesday because some of the potential defector MPs were in Taiwan.

As the deadline looms, four leaders from Datuk Seri Anwar's Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) are expected to travel to Taiwan today to meet the MPs, said party strategist Saifuddin Nasution.

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