Sarawak students rally to send classmates back home for election
Siswa Balik says more than 80% of its respondents believe the Electoral Commission should allow students to vote by post. – The Malaysian Insight pic, November 3, 2022.
The students said a donation of RM110 could send a student from Kuching to Miri, and with RM200 from Kuching to Limbang by bus or van. The students in Siswa Balik said the findings from their survey seemed to indicate that voter turnout, especially among the youths, could be “very worrying”. “The transport costs are simply too high for students, especially when the flights is more than RM700 for a return Kuching–Kuala Lumpur ticket.”
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