If you can be tried in criminal court as an adult at 18, there is no reason why you cannot vote at that age, said Pakatan Harapan chief secretary Saifuddin Abdullah.

Backing the proposal by Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad that the new government lower the voting age from 21 to 18, Saifuddin told Malaysiakini that the move would be in the accordance with the ideals of a democratic nation...