Risky to make Bung ‘poster boy’ for Sabah polls, says analyst

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Link to failed bid to overthrow the chief minister in 2023, and ‘rude’ leadership style may backfire on BN’s election hopes, says Bilcher Bala of Universiti Malaysia Sabah.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/05/04/risky-to-make-bung-poster-boy-for-sabah-polls-says-analyst  Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/05/04/pertaruhan-berisiko-jika-bung-poster-boy-bn-kata-penganalisis  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #BungMoktar #SuhaimiNasir #PosterBoy

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00:00Naming Sabah UMNO chief Bung Mukhtar Radin as Barisan Nacional's poster boy for the upcoming

00:07state election may be a risky move, an analyst says. Bill Chabala of University Malaysia's

00:13Sabah pointed out that Bung is linked to the failed attempt to overthrow Chief Minister

00:17Haji J. Noor in 2023, so making him the N's poster boy may jeopardize the coalition's chances and

00:24ultimately accelerate UMNO's decline in the state.

00:27Bill Chabala also said several parties shared the view that Bung's leadership style is sometimes

00:32considered rude. Sharodin Awang Ahmad, also of UMS, said BN's campaign approach should be carefully

00:38planned so that Bung's ongoing corruption trial and his personality issues will not overshadow

00:43the coalition's ambitions in the state election. Earlier this week, Sabah UMNO proposed that Bung be

00:50made the poster boy for the state polls, with Information Chief Suhaimi Nasir saying that he

00:54is the most qualified person for the role. BN chairman Ahmad Zahir Hamidi, however,

00:59said it is not time yet to determine the poster boy candidate because the priority is to ensure

01:04victory for the BN candidates in the election. Several analysts are of the view that discussions

01:09with other parties on cooperation in facing the state election will come to a halt if the N names its

01:14booster boy now.

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