NEXT Saturday promises Malaysians an interesting battle, and a crucial one too, serving as a testing ground for the current sentiment.
That said, our fellow politicians have been very busy of late. Candidates are up and about, promising things to voters, big or small.
And perhaps the latter is what many netizens find interesting recently. A social media post has surfaced on X, pointing out PH’s candidate Ysahrudin Kusni, who allegedly promised RM30 to 300 households if he won the election at Bukit Naning.
If the social media allegation is true, the most shocking part is not the claim itself. It is the price tag.
PH dengan janji² badut berpisah tiada.
Pengundi N.14 Bukit Naning are you ok with RM30 ? pic.twitter.com/QpZuugEbsX
— Tok Hang (@Tok_Hang67) June 28, 2026
The post has since triggered a wave of jokes online, with many netizens expressing disbelief that anyone would supposedly attempt to “buy” support at what amounts to the price of two fast-food meals.
Whether the allegation has any basis is a matter for the authorities to determine. Social media posts should never be treated as proof on their own.
But the internet, being the internet, wasted no time turning RM30 into the campaign’s unintended mascot.
Some joked that inflation had apparently skipped Bukit Naning. Take it from netizen @Callmegrey_7799 who said RM30 was fine during the 1970s.
Another netizen believe he was merely a Lim Guan Eng copycat.
“If you want to bribe, make it better. RM30,” mocked @FPL_Aken.
This is a fair comment, since RM30 today barely survives a grocery trip, let alone persuades someone to hand over five years of political representation.
But @zekaiman thinks RM30 was better than being insulted by PAS.
Of course, if anyone genuinely offers money in exchange for votes, it would not merely invite ridicule.
Vote-buying is an election offence under Malaysian law and carries serious legal consequences if proven.
@nizar_hawari further added that UMNO and BN had bribed the Malaysians, or more specifically the Malays until they became lazy.
But a quick check revealed that there is more to the story.
According to news portal the Malaysia Gazette, the Bukit Naning candidate for PH, Mohd Ysahrudin Kusni wanted to return his salary as a State Assemblyman to the people for the duration of one term through the subsidy card scheme if given the mandate in the 16th Johor State Election.
He explained that the scheme will benefit 300 eligible households with each recipient receiving a subsidy of RM30 for the purchase of essential goods via a subsidy card.
Of course, the internet rarely waits for context before firing off its best jokes. By the time the explanation emerged, RM30 had already become Ysahrudin‘s unofficial meme. —June 29, 2026
Main image: Md Ysahrudin Kusni (Facebook)
