I have right to be concerned for S’pore Malays, says PAS man

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PETALING JAYA: A Selangor PAS leader has denied claims he was trying to interfere in Singapore’s upcoming general election through his posts on social media.

Sukri Omar, the Selangor PAS Youth chief, said any concern he had about the Singapore election was only for the nation’s “marginalised” Malay-Muslim community.

In a Facebook post today, he said he fully respected the sovereignty and laws of Singapore, but that his concern stemmed from a “moral responsibility as a Muslim”.

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S’pore politics not along racial, religious lines like in M’sia, says minister

PETALING JAYA: Singapore’s politics is not like those in Malaysia, where parties are divided along racial and religious lines, says the republic’s senior minister of state Zaqy Mohamad.

Zaqy said it was dangerous for religion-based parties like PAS to ask Singaporeans to vote along racial and religious lines.

“That’s the kind of politics you can see in Malaysia, where you have different parties representing different faiths and races, whether they are Umno, PAS, DAP or MIC.

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