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Umno to 'Spam' their way into the hearts of youths
Published:  Dec 5, 2017 6:41 PM
Updated: 11:11 AM
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As the 14th general election looms ever closer, Umno Youth and BN are trying a new initiative to win over undecided young voters, with Spam.

Spam is short for Skuad Penerangan Anak Muda (Youth Information Squad).

Spam is also defined as irrelevant or unsolicited messages sent over email or other messaging services to a large number of users, typically for illicit purposes. Such emails are also typically automatically filtered out by most email services.

Whether this double entendre was intentional or not is unclear.

Umno Youth Information chief Jamawi Jaafar was quoted by Bernama as saying that the squad consists of youths from various backgrounds, including orators, Islamic speakers, and social media operators...

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