The study also found Parti Islam SeMalaysia and its president Hadi Awang to be the prime proponents of racial rhetoric. Read more at straitstimes.com.
as leader of a coalition government comprising PH, the Umno-led Barisan Nasional , and a clutch of East Malaysian parties.polls to elect the governments of six of Malaysia’s 13 state governments.CIJ executive director Wathshlah Naidu said at the launch of the Social Media monitoring of Malaysia’s 15th General Elections report on Tuesday that the weaponisation of race and religion is expected to continue at the state polls as the issue has gone largely unaddressed since the general election.
The study found that PAS chief Hadi was the sole politician or influencer tracked with two posts reaching “level three” severity, deemed as containing dehumanising and hostile language. Over 80 per cent of hate speech messages analysed were level one, indicating disagreements or non-offensive language, while close to 18 per cent were level two for offensive or discriminatory language.
Some of these hate speech postings engaged in disinformation, such as when PAS leaders accused DAP of being communists, while former premier PN chief Muhyiddin Yassin claimed that Jews and Christians had a covert agenda to proselytise and convert Muslims in Malaysia.
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