Nibong Tebal voters starved of good choices


Act of kindness: Goh (Independent) and his campaign volunteers packing calendars and information on himself at his dialysis centre in Sungai Bakap, Penang. — CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

NIBONG TEBAL: An incumbent MP who triggered the 2020 change of government, two “parachute” politicians and a “party-less” community leader: these are the only candidates Nibong Tebal voters can choose from.

Faced with these choices, many voters here are ruing the lack of “star candidates”.

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