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D-Day on changes in Penang

PENANG: The state comes under the spotlight today as Penangites go to the polls after 13 days of intense wooing by the Barisan Nasional and the opposition.

Barisan Nasional will win, but…

TODAY, Malaysia's 10.9 million eligible voters will cast their ballots in an election that could radically alter the course of development of this multi-ethnic and multi-religious country.

The Straits Times election team

Over the past two weeks, The Straits Times Foreign Desk's team of correspondents and photographers have fanned out across key battleground states to bring you the latest on Malaysia's 12th…

What finally matters to Penangites?

The crowd outside the Han Chiang Indoor Stadium in Penang on March 1 who lapped up Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s sterling performance as an orator. By Jacqueline Ann Surin

The state of play

THE STRAITS TIMESThe fight for votes has been most intense in three states and Kuala Lumpur. Straits Times correspondents who have followed the campaigns closely give their take on how each may turn…

Abdullah urges Chinese to vote BN

Malaysian Premier says they will lose their voice in govt if they vote oppositionPRIME MINISTER Abdullah Badawi last night made yet another appeal to Malaysian Chinese to vote for the Barisan Nasional…

A Tale of Two Ceramahs

What a night! Two friends and I decided that we would go to a Keadilan ceramah in Brickfields. I did not know who all the speakers were going to be, but I did know that Raja Petra was going to…

Vying for the wealth of Kelantan

KOTA BHARU: PAS vice-president Datuk Husam Musa has claimed that Barisan Nasional’s (BN) own assessment of voter sentiments in Kelantan revealed that PAS has the edge in at least 26 out…

Why we are voting tomorrow

No, we can't directly change the government. Yes, they will cheat like hell to ensure that the government does not fall. But we can cut this win to the bone and give Abdullah a black eye which…

Voters speak in Malaysia

People in Malaysia are preparing to vote in a general election on Saturday 8 March. Here Malaysians discuss the issues that will decide their vote.