Jokes that hit below the belt: In the race for Malay votes, how far is UMNO willing to go?
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Umno is in the middle of a very obvious political struggle: trying to win back Malay voters who have increasingly gravitated towards PAS.
From the original report
But there are some jokes that are better left untold, particularly when they involve someone else's religion.
That is what makes the remarks by Sepang Umno chief Noorazli Said at the party's annual general assembly last week difficult to dismiss as simply a bad joke.
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- Sep 14, 2026
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