GE15 | In their quest to unseat MCA president Wee Ka Siong in the Ayer Hitam parliamentary seat in Johor, DAP chose to field a Malay candidate, Sheikh Umar Bagharib Ali.
It is largely believed that the move is meant to make DAP more appealing to Malay voters - who in 2018, made up almost 58 percent of the constituency’s electorate.
On paper, if Sheikh Umar can get...