Akmal’s fiery rhetoric will backfire on BN, says Ti

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The former MCA vice-president says Umno’s inaction or backing of Dr Akmal Saleh would in effect “kill” Barisan Nasional and damage Pakatan Harapan.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/08/18/akmals-fiery-rhetoric-will-backfire-on-bn-says-ti  Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/08/18/retorik-berapi-api-akmal-akan-makan-diri-bn-kata-ti  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 #AkmalSaleh #TiLianKer #Rhetoric

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00:00The fiery rhetoric and tactics of UMNO Youth Chief Dr. Akmal Saleh in the national flag

00:05controversy could end up killing Barca Nacional and damaging Pakatan Harpan, says a former MCA

00:11vice president. T. Lian Kerr said Akmal's theatrics would not win more Malay votes for UMNO,

00:16but instead would alienate BN's traditional Chinese and Indian supporters. He said Akmal's

00:22tactics were textbook UMNO, especially in the post-Tungku Abdurrahman era. He said such tactics

00:28may backfire now, especially with a more progressive and well-informed crowd, adding

00:32that voters are more sophisticated and would look past such theatrics. The former deputy unity minister

00:38told FMT that demonizing the Chinese as the bogeyman or making the community the punching bag is no

00:44longer as effective as before. He said Chinese and Indian voters backing MCA and MIC are frustrated

00:50with UMNO for seemingly giving Akmal carte blanche, referring to Akmal's party colleagues like Supreme

00:55Council member Puat Zakashi, defending his actions. He said there were already rumblings on the ground

01:01about voting for pass in protest against the unity government, in which BN and PH are partners,

01:06claiming that there had been previous talk about boycotting the elections altogether.

01:10Donish Roger Rizzo, FMT.

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