MALAYSIA’S ‘MOBILE ELECTORATE’ COULD SWING NEGERI SEMBILAN STATE POLL

Malaysia’s Negeri Sembilan state heads to the polls on Saturday, but a growing portion of its young workers – and their votes – are based elsewhere. Leaving home was never Ammar Idlan Hassan’s long-term plan, but better pay and stronger career prospects eventually drew the 27-year-old project engineer away from Seremban, the state capital.

News - South China Morning Post reports that malaysia’s Negeri Sembilan state heads to the polls on Saturday, but a growing portion of its young workers – and their votes – are based elsewhere.

The report adds: Leaving home was never Ammar Idlan Hassan’s long-term plan, but better pay and stronger career prospects eventually drew the 27-year-old project engineer away from Seremban, the state capital.

He now lives in Gelang Patah, a border town in Johor, from which he commutes to Singapore for work.

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