‘Big brother’ politics


Connected: Preparing for Sabah’s 2020 polls, which were triggered by the change in the Federal Government, underlining the ties between federal and state politics. — Filepic/The Star

HOW does a brother defeat his siblings? He calls on his big brother to keroyok (Sabah Malay slang for “gang up on”) their sibling.

“Big brother politics” has been a part of Sabah since the state, together with Malaya, Sarawak and Singapore, formed Malaysia in 1963.

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