Sarawak Polls: Voter turnout could be lower than 2016, say analysts

An aerial view of Kanowit town. - Bernama

KUCHING: Desmond Labung will not be going home to Long Semadoh in the Ba’Kelalan highlands to vote in this weekend’s Sarawak state election. It will be the first time he is missing the polls in 15 years.

“Many of my friends will not be going back too. Some of them are in Peninsular Malaysia and they cannot get flights to go back. For me, the cost is one thing and the other is the Covid-19 restrictions on travel,” said 48-year old Desmond, an ethnic Lun Bawang, who is now a Kuching-based event organiser.