AYER HITAM: The softer approach works better in Ayer Hitam’s kampungs, said Johor DAP chairman Liew Chin Tong (pic), who is challenging incumbent Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong for the parliamentary seat this coming election.
Speaking during a walkabout in Ayer Hitam town’s pasar malam, which culminated in a ceramah session which also featured PKR vice-president Rafizi Ramli, Liew said entering any of the kampungs in Ayer Hitam was usually done through local contacts.
“At best, if I can meet two or three households, talk and share tea with them for 20 to 30 minutes, that’s good enough for now,” said Liew, adding that each kampung had about 25-30 households.
‘It’s very difficult because villagers dare not meet us openly and we have not begun high-key campaigning yet,” he added.
Liew said he was used to confrontation, having been been barred from entering the Ramadan bazaar in Kluang by Umno members, and also Deepavali bazaars in previous years as Kluang MP. .
He added that although politicians had to do their part and meet and connect with voters on the ground, ultimately it was the voters themselves who effected change through peer-to-peer campaigning.
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