'Over 125k youths will be disenfranchised if S'wak polls held this year'

Undi18 and Undi Sarawak say premature decision ignores youth voting rights.

Calling the Sarawak election before lowering the voting age will be a decision that ignores the rights of the state's youths to choose their government, said electoral rights groups Undi18 and Undi Sarawak.

In a joint statement this evening, they said between 125,000 and 135,000 youth voters in the state would be disenfranchised should it happen...

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