{
  "id": 161849,
  "title": "Dakwaan PH manfaat politik kaum perbandingan tidak tepat, kata Ahli Parlimen DAP",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/dakwaan-ph-manfaat-politik-kaum-perbandingan-tidak-tepat-kata-ahli",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-05T04:51:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2026/08/05/dakwaan-ph-manfaat-politik-kaum-perbandingan-tidak-tepat-kata-ahli-parlimen-dap"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Pakatan Harapan (PH) denies claims by former DAP MP Ong Kian Ming that it has indirectly benefited from identity politics. Chong Zhemin, a Kampar MP, dismisses Ong's view that PH has gained benefits from ethnic politics without directly substantiating this assertion. He asserts that praising a particular community for supporting Pakatan Harapan (PH) does not prove the party is using ethnic politics to win votes. Chong stresses that merely having strong support from a specific community does not automatically mean the campaign is ethnic-based. He explains that it is crucial to analyze how this support is gained and the messages used to mobilize voters. He refutes Ong's claim that PH has historically benefited from ethnic narratives in elections and that it is unfair to blame opposition tactics alone for their defeat in the PRN Negeri Sembilan. Chong argues that PH previously also urged non-Malay voters to unite, similar to the appeals by Barisan Nasional (BN) and Perikatan Nasional (PN) to Malay voters to support them. Chong accuses Ong of creating improper comparisons between PH's citizen-driven campaign and the openly ethnic mobilization by BN and PN. He clarifies that PH has never urged one community to unite against others or portrayed any community as a threat. Chong maintains that strong support from any community does not inherently make a party's campaign ethnic-based. He emphasizes that the key factor is how this support is acquired and the messages used to energize voters. He contrasts this with how BN-PN repeatedly used DAP as a target, threat, and political ammunition to scare Malay voters, blaming them for various issues while encouraging Malay voters to unite their political power to protect their rights and interests.",
  "summary": "Chong Zhemin berkata Ong Kian Ming mencampuradukkan hasil sokongan pengundi dengan strategi politik yang sengaja berasaskan kaum.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "PH perlu terus dekati orang Melayu untuk lawan politik identiti, kata Ahli Parlimen DAP",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/ph-perlu-terus-dekati-orang-melayu-untuk-lawan-politik-identiti-kata",
        "published": "2026-08-04T03:57:50.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}