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Malaysia’s ‘mobile electorate’ could swing Negeri Sembilan state poll

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

“The pay is the most obvious reason for the majority of us...

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