NEW! Khor Reports' PolTracker: Malaysia—1 Sep 2021

Debuting under our brand new—and long in the making—Products page, Khor Reports is proud to present our first PolTrackers report on the Malaysian political economy scene!

The [SAMPLE] Poltracker: Malaysia—1 Sep 2021 tracks hot topics and themes relevant to the Southeast Asian nation based on data obtained from social media and human-sourced intel. The 6–8 paged briefing includes: (1) questions about Prime Minister Ismail Sabri’s taking over for an embattled Muhyiddin; (2) Twitter Malaysia, e.g. hashtag protests and netizen reaction to the “new” cabinet; (3) eye on the opposition response, e.g. Mahathir's Council or Muhyiddin reform deal; (4) Covid worries persist; and (5) a Q&A session, including a 20-min session for subscribers.

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Prepare for Trouble, Make it Double: Anger in Malaysia after Double Standards by Government

In the past two weeks, Malaysians have taken to the social media to vent their frustrations over the handling of the surge of COVID-19. Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin who had built his legitimacy on his swift tackling of the COVID-19 earlier this year saw his popular streak came to a grinding halt. Public sentiment turned against him in what they perceived as double-standard when his cabinet members were not subjected to quarantine upon returning from campaigning from Sabah.

Khor Reports’ PolTracker team took this opportunity to analyse how selected hashtags are trending on Twitter. Head over here to read our results of this analysis.

#Coronavirus Lockdown - Increasing Interest as Outbreak Continues

#KhorReports infographic on #coronavirus #covid19 #lockdown in #socialmedia data. Notably, #India under lockdown, Prince Charles tests positive and Greta Thunberg says she reckons she has been recovering from it. Tokyo Summer #Olympics2020 postponed. #dirumahaja #DudukdiRumah #StayHome #StayAtHome #Quedateentucasa #Ficaemcasa #RestezChezVous #iorestoacasa And more hashtags... #StayHomeStaySafe #NotDying4WallStreet #QuarantineandChill #LockdownNow #Covidiots #MyPandemicSurvivalPlan #FlattenTheCurve #SocialDistancing #TogetherAtHome

In the Media: Wider 4G Coverage in Malaysia Paves Way for a 'WhatsApp Election'

#KhorReports mapping data and commentary is featured in The Straits Times. In Shannon Teoh's report: 

...68 per cent of Malaysians are now using mobile broadband, a massive jump from 14 per cent in 2013.... Nowhere is this more apparent than in Johor, according to political economist Khor Yu Leng. "The digital reach is potentially complete across the entire state, with the exception of the forest zones. This affordable access to digital social media is unprecedented, especially in rural Peninsular Malaysia, along the coastal belts and in Johor," she told The Straits Times... This puts previously impenetrable areas, such as Felda settlements, in play....

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#SocialMedia #WhatsApp #DataScience #Data #GE13 #PRU14 #Malaysia #Johor #PoliticalEconomy #Felda

Khor Reports map data & analytics

Featured in The Straits Times, Singapore, 19 Apr 2018.

In the Media: Malaysia’s Mid-Week Polling Day to Impact Voter Turnout

Commentary: Malaysia’s mid-week polling day may impact voter turnout in Johor, Kelantan and East Malaysia

The worry for politicians facing the ruling BN coalition is that the voters most affected are “outstation voters”. They work in bigger urban areas including the Klang Valley, Johor Bahru, Penang and Singapore, and they tend to be opposition supporters.

The BN wants to discourage urban outstation voters from going back to vote in their usually more rural home seats and cause an electoral upset in their rural stronghold. These voters need to travel some distance intra or inter-state or further including from Peninsular to East Malaysia to return home to vote.

Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/commentary/malaysia-voting-day-may-impact-over-a-million-voters-10131718

#KhorReports #Data #SocialMedia #PulangMengundi #Migrants#Traffic #Waze #PoliticalEconomy #GeneralElection #GE14 #PRU14

CLICK HERE to view our map infographic on Peninsular Malaysia with data on road traffic surges from PLUS and Waze that point to key outstation voter (affected by the mid-week day polling) segments.