Assertion: country's population | /r/CapableOf | become supportive of the idea of merger
Facets:
value: due to joint fear of communists takeover
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: UMNO, initially sceptical of the idea of a merger due to distrust of the PAP government and concern that the large ethnic Chinese population in Singapore would alter the racial balance in Malaya on which their political power base depended, became supportive of the idea of merger due to joint fear of communists takeover.