(Foreign Policy) - Last month, a young opposition member of Malaysia's Parliament, Nurul Izzah Anwar, was scheduled to speak at a university forum on the country's impending general election. You'd…

 Gelang Patah - not an easy nut to crack unless the Ghost of Johor issue is raised The Pirates of Putra Jaya Gelang Patah is one of the hottest seats right now in the country. UMNO is in full alert…

 (fz.com) - The current sentiment in Penang is that a majority of the people there expect Pakatan Rakyat to be returned to power in the island state for a second term in the 13th general election.

Johan Saravanamuttu, Today Online The 13th General Election of Malaysia to be held on May 5 promises to be the toughest ever to be fought between the ruling coalition, Barisan Nasional (BN) and the…

 Lee Kaw A visible shift in public sentiment in this Johor constituency reflects how the battle is shaping up in what was considered a bastion of the BN.N. Nadeswaran, The Sun Daily 

(Today Online) - Malaysian PM drives home importance of fielding ‘winnable’ candidates in coming polls

 (Today Online) - Nomination Day is on April 20, 15-day campaign period is the longest in three decades

 (Human Rights Watch) - “A top priority for the next government of Malaysia should be the immediate repeal of the Sedition Act, an anachronistic, rights repressive law that should have been scrapped…

(Bernama) - LONDON: More than 70,000 Malaysians are now residing in United Kingdom (UK). Some are studying in colleges or universities and mostly working. Many have brought along families and have…

Former Transparent International-Malaysia president Tunku Aziz claims election agents and voters have been trained to create chaos on polling day.  Alyaa Azhar, FMT Former Transparency…

The Batu Gajah MP cited personal reasons for her decision and said that she had informed of her intentions to Lim Kit Siang and Karpal Singh in September.G Vinod, FMT Batu Gajah MP Fong Po Kuan…

EC chief Abdul Aziz Yusof says contrary to the opposition's claims, the coming polls will be the best ever.Leven Woon, FMT Election Commission chairman Abdul Aziz Yusof has dismissed the opposition’s…

The United Malays National Organisation (Umno), which has controlled Malaysia through coalition governments since independence in 1957, faces a formidable opposition that promises to end corruption,…

STAR and SAPP have reminded Sabah DAP and Sabahans that voting for Pakatan would be a case of jumping from the frying pan into fire situation.  Luke Rintod, FMT KOTA KINABALU : Opposition parties…

Selangor PKR chief Azmin Ali has apparently given the green light to a lawyer to campaign in Kota Damansara which is held by PSM.  K Pragalath, FMT Parti Sosialis Malaysia’s (PSM) sole state seat in…

(The Star) - With just less than a day until the Election Commission (EC) announces the polling and nomination dates for GE13, PKR saw intense horse-trading by candidate hopefuls.

Former Malaysian Islamic Youth Movement president Dr Yusri Mohamad says Islamic groups have never been in Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s inner circle.  Yusri said the concept of 'Anwarism', which had…

PRE-EMPTIVE MOVE: State PKR leader names candidates early as a show of 'autonomy'Ansari's move appears to pre-empt the likely possibility that incumbent Tuaran MP Datuk Seri Wilfred Bumburing and…

(The Star) - An “act of betrayal and treachery.” That's how DAP state deputy chairman Norman Fernandez described the surrender of the Segamat parliamentary seat to PKR.

(The Star) - Lawyer Datuk Seri Mu­­hammad Shafee Abdullah contended that his reputation was tarnished due to the publication of three defamatory articles by Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra…

One if Anwar wins, the other if Najib doesOther sources say that the mood inside the "war room," or election headquarters at the United Malays National Organization is brimming with confidence. "I…

 (Sin Chew Daily) - Candidate selection has always been a problem for the ruling and opposition parties in election. The situation in the BN, however, is more complicated than Pakatan Rakyat,…

 Hindraf is not the only organisation working towards the empowerment of ethnic Indians.Charles Santiago 

 Anil Netto, Asia Times Malaysians are gearing up for what are expected to be the most closely contested general elections in the country's history. Prime Minister Najib Razak announced the…

ARMED. A captain of the Royal Security Force displays his bladed weapon inside their camp in Simunul, Tawi-Tawi. File photo by Karlos Manlupig (Rappler) - At least 400 armed men from Mindanao arrived…

 The Malaysia Airlines 4Q results are misleading to say the least. While the results look positive, on closer examination, it shows that the 4Q net profit of RM50 million was largely attributed to…

 If the 1987 Umno presidential election is taken as one yardstick, the response of the Court may not be in favour of a novel development of the law or, as some would allege, making law.The Indians are…

 No election anywhere in the world is without an element of fraud. What’s more important to consider in the post-GE period is whether fraudulent practices in terms of vote count at the ballot box were…

 When the Chinese and Malay Pakatan elephants fight, it is the Indian grass that gets trampled.P.M. Sivalingam 

 (Bernama) - An interim government has the right to use government machinery as long as campaigning for an election has not started, said Information, Communications and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr…