Lianhe Zaobao
03 July 2016
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- Right wing’s influence pushes Chinese voters to swing towards BN
Right wing’s influence pushes Chinese voters to swing towards BN
Saleena Saleem, an associate research fellow with the Malaysia Programme at NTU RSIS, wrote a commentary on Barisan Nasional (BN)’s twin wins in the recent by-elections in Sungai Besar, Selangor and Kuala Kangsar, Perak. The results indicated that the Islamisation agenda pushed by right wing politicians and Islamic non-governmental organisations, at a time when the opposition coalition is fractured, can motivate non-Muslim swing voters to make pragmatic choices, which can play to BN’s advantage. The full article was originally published in RSIS Commentaries.
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