In Machap, Muda's idealism meets entrenched racial, patronage politics

JOHOR POLLS | The youth-led Muda has challenged conventional political strategies by fielding candidates who do not fit the local demography, stressing that it is the service of their candidate that matters and not their race or religion.

An example was its decision to field 23-year-old lawyer R Sangaran in Machap when no other political party, be it in the government or opposition, has ever fielded a non-Malay in the constituency.

Muda president Syed Saddiq Abdul Rahman had defended the strategy, stating...