Thursday, 15 Apr 2021 03:48 PM MYT
BY ASHMAN ADAM
From the survey, 65 per cent of Malay respondents believed liberalism was a bad concept, 62 per cent and 66 per cent of Chinese and Indians respectively believed it was a good concept, with a higher proportion of rural to urban respondents (50 per cent to 28 per cent) believing liberalism was a negative concept. Bernama pic
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KUALA LUMPUR, April 15 Malaysians are increasingly unsupportive of liberalism as there is poor understanding of the concept in Malaysia, according to a Merdeka Center survey.
In a webinar conducted by think tank Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS), the survey titled Perceptions Towards Liberalism in Malaysia showed that the view of liberalism as a ‘bad concept’ in Malaysia rose from 22 per cent in 2016 to 42 per cent last year.