Taxi driver Pragath Singh was on his way to the Barisan Nasional party offices. There's a new program to give out free tires to all taxi drivers in Kuala Lumpur," the 58-year-old told Tempo on April 24. Two weeks earlier he got four of them. Now there was a chance to get free groceries. I can store what I don't need now," he said, chuckling.

Singh, who has driven taxis for more than 20 years, said no one forced or even asked him to vote for Barisan N