当了30年逃兵，她回来搞局

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LABIS: Penang-born Sherene Lee is back home from New Zealand – and she’s helping DAP campaign in Labis, Johor, for a candidate that she does not even know.

It’s also the first time she will vote in Malaysia, after leaving for New Zealand 30 years ago because of the intense racial sentiments among the communities in Penang.

“I just felt very strongly about coming back to Malaysia this general election, to be a part of this change that most unhappy Malaysians want to realise,” she said.

Speaking to FMT, she said she had left to live in New Zealand because “in New Zealand, you cannot make racist remarks.” She said the Chinese community in Malaysia, as a minority, felt the racial sentiments strongly.

“I thought things were getting better here. But in the last 10 years, I saw that the country was not doing well, especially after the previous general election.”

Lee, a permanent resident in New Zealand, said it was through digital news sites that she found out about the “political commotion” happening in Johor – especially in Labis, where DAP is fielding Pang Hok Liong, a local man and former Johor DAP chairman.

“I don’t know who Pang is, but I read that he will be facing a tough fight in Labis. Knowing that he needs volunteers to help him campaign, I decided to come back.”

Pang, 61, a former Johor DAP chairman, is being fielded to thwart the re-election hopes of MCA vice-president Chua Tee Yong.

Lee said “I tracked (Pang) all the way here, and I am not even a Johorean. I am glad that I came, and can be part of a team that is made up of volunteers from all walks of life,” she said.

“My friends told me that I was crazy to come all the way to help a person that I don’t even know,” said Lee. “I said why not? In New Zealand, I campaigned for former MP Rodney Philip Hide and he won in a general election.

“I can also afford to come back, unlike some who really want to come back but can’t.”

She said her Malaysian friends in New Zealand told her to just let Malaysia go to its own fate “but my family and friends are still here, and I’m not going to let that happen”.

Lee will help Pang’s campaign in Labis until May 8 and go to Penang to cast her vote the next day.

Pang was formerly with MCA on whose ticket he was elected assemblyman for Bekok in 1990 at the age of 32. He later contested in Maharani (1999), Jementah (2004), and the Segamat parliamentary seat and Jementah state seat in 2008.

He said that most of his volunteers were loyal supporters who had followed him at every general election. “The team is not big but I am very touched that they have all returned to help.” His campaign manager is only half his age.

Some of the volunteers were Wanita MCA members who left the party. Others were not so ready to quit the party and were helping on their personal account.

Pang was propelled into the limelight after former Skudai assemblyman Dr Boo Cheng Hau rejected the party’s decision to field him in Labis against MCA’s Chua.

It is a mixed seat with an electorate that is 44.96% Chinese, 37.98% Malay and 14.66% Indian, according to the latest electoral rolls.

LABIS：出生于槟城的Sherene Lee从新西兰回国 - 她在柔佛州Labis帮助DAP竞选一个她甚至不知道的候选人。

这也是她30年前首次在马来西亚投票，因为槟城社区人口众多。

她说：“我刚刚感觉到回到马来西亚举行这次大选非常强烈，这是大多数不幸的马来西亚人想要实现的变革的一部分。”

她对FMT说，她说她已经去了新西兰，因为“在新西兰，你不能做出种族主义言论。”她说马来西亚华人社区作为少数人，强烈地感受到了种族的情绪。

“我认为这里的情况正在好转。但在过去的十年里，我看到这个国家做得不好，尤其是在上一次大选之后。“

新西兰永久居民Lee说，通过数字新闻网站，她发现了柔佛州发生的“政治骚动”，特别是在Labis，DAP将派出当地男子Pang Hok Liong和前柔佛民主行动党主席。

“我不知道庞是谁，但我读到他将面临拉比斯的艰难战斗。知道他需要志愿者来帮助他竞选，我决定回来。“

Pang，61岁，前柔佛州民主行动党主席，正在遏制马华副总统蔡德勇的连任希望。

李说：“我一路追踪（庞），我甚至不是Johorean。我很高兴我来到了，并且可以成为由各界志愿者组成的团队的一员，“她说。

“我的朋友们告诉我，我一直疯狂地来帮助一个我不知道的人，”李说。 “我说为什么不呢？在新西兰，我为前议员罗德尼菲利普·皮克竞选，并在大选中获胜。

“我也可以回来，不像一些真正想要回来却不能回来的人。”

她说，她在新西兰的马来西亚朋友告诉她，让马来西亚走向自己的命运，“但我的家人和朋友仍然在这里，我不会让这种事情发生。”

李将在5月8日之前协助庞氏在拉比斯的竞选活动，并在第二天去槟城投票。

彭先生曾在MCA担任过他的票，他于1990年当选为Bekok的议员，32岁。后来他在Maharani（1999），Jementah（2004）以及2008年的Segamat议会席位和Jementah州议席竞逐。

他说，他的大多数志愿者都是在每次大选中都跟随他的忠实支持者。 “球队并不大，但我非常感动，他们都回来帮忙。”他的竞选经理只有他的一半。

一些志愿者是离开晚会的Wanita MCA会员。其他人还没有准备好退出该党，并正在帮助他们的个人帐户。

在前士古来议员Boo Cheng Hau博士拒绝该党决定将他带入Labis反对MCA的Chua后，庞被推进了风头。

根据最新的选举名单，这是一个拥有44.96％中国人，37.98％马来人和14.66％印度选民的混合席位。