BN Sarawak cyber troopers needed more grooming and exposure on how to be ‘real cyber troopers'. - Tuan Haji Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah
SIBU: The state BN’s cyber troopers are up and ready to ‘shoot’ down the opposition’s baseless allegations and lies as cyberspace has become a new political battlefield, especially with the looming General Election.
This is particularly so with the bulk of new voters being young voters who are IT-savvy and cyberspace has become the main source of information for the young generation.
State BN secretary-general Datuk Dr Stephen Rundi said yesterday they are fully prepared to fight the opposition in cyberspace.
“We have intensified our cyber troopers to counter the allegations and lies made by the opposition,” assured Dr Rundi, who is also Assistant Minister of Public Utilities (Electricity and Telecommunications).
He was asked to comment on BN Youth head Khairy Jamaluddin’s statement that the cyberspace represented the major platform to ensure victory for BN in the coming election.
Khairy was quoted by Bernama to have said more than 80 per cent of the approximately three million new voters were the generation aged below 40, who obtained their information from the social media and blogs as well as various cyber applications besides the mainstream media.
