00:01Analysts believe Parti Wawasan Negara is targeting police votes by bringing retired senior officers into its ranks.
00:08Akademi Nusantaras Azmi Hassan and University Technology Malaysia's Mazlan Ali say Wawasan President Hamzah Zainuddin
00:17may be using his ties with former senior officers to target police votes, having served as Home Minister from 2020
00:24to 2022.
00:25Former Bukit Aman Internal Security Director Hazani Ghazali is a member of Wawasan Central Leadership
00:32while former Melaka Deputy Police Chief Razali Abu Sama is contesting in the Negeri Sembilan State Election.
00:40Mazlan said more than 130,000 policemen along with their families represented a significant pool of votes
00:47that could be crucial in closely fought seats.
00:50The analysts said there was nothing wrong with retired police officers entering politics.
00:57However, Azmi noted that former senior officers could attract greater attention because of the sensitive matters
01:04they may have handled during their careers.
01:07Former Inspector General of Police Khaled Abu Bakar also said retired policemen were free to enter politics
01:15although he personally had no interest in doing so.
01:19Amardeep Gill, FMT
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