Patron-client nexus in politics
COMMENT BY SHAMSUL AKMARTHE mixed fortunes of two bloggers – Ooi Chuan Aun (Jeff Ooi) and Badrul Hisham Shaharin (Chegu Bard) – who are contesting in the general election, tell many a…
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Watch out for race factor in Malaysia’s polls today
By Shahirah Mahmood& Mohamed Nawab Mohd Osman, For The Straits Times THE 2008 Malaysian general election will determine the future direction of the country's politics.
Malaysia Goes to the Polls
Imran Imtiaz Shah Yacob, ASIA SENTINELThe harried opposition’s best hope is to break the ruling coalition’s two-thirds majority in Parliament
Malaysia votes but PM’s leadership at stake
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysians began voting in a general election on Saturday, with the ruling coalition seen as certain to retain power but the prime minister's leadership hanging in the…
DAP gains expected on polling day
Opposition 'boosted by Chinese upset' with ruling partyLeslie Lau, TODAYONLINEAFTER a fortnight of intense campaigning, which saw crowds of mostly non-Malay voters at opposition rallies, it…
Wildcard haunts as campaigning ends
Both sides bring up race as M'sians get ready to voteDerrick A Paulo, Jessinta Tan, Ansley Ng and Nazry Bahrawi, TODAYONLINEMalaysia's General Election came full circle on Friday, as…
DAP alleges BN used last-minute dirty tactics
JESSINTA TAN IN PENANG, TODAYONLINEThe Democratic Action Party (DAP) has hit out at the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition for allegedly using "last-minute dirty tactics".
Anwar has misread his audience, says Ruslan
SEREMBAN - BERNAMA: One of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s former staunch supporters said the PKR de facto leader has misjudged the audience at his ceramah.
Koh: No senator post if I lose in Batu Kawan
PENANG: Outgoing Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon does not want to be appointed senator if he loses the Batu Kawan parliamentary seat.
Pak Lah’s litmus test
Poor win for BN may mean trouble for Malaysian PMAT 13 days, it was one of Malaysia's longest election campaigns in memory - characterised by the usual mudslinging, lawsuit threats, celebrity…
‘Opposition can take Penang’
BUTTERWORTH: The opposition can capture the Penang Government with a two-thirds majority, said PKR de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
Police ban motorised processions
KOTA BARU: The police have banned motorised processions by political party supporters to safeguard security and public order on polling day today.
First result likely by 7pm
PUTRAJAYA: The first official result of the general election can be expected by 7pm.
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.
Broker pengundi hantu serah diri
(Harakah) - Mereka merancang tetapi Allah jua merancang dan Allah adalah sebaik-baik perancang.
Perutusan Khas Pilihan Raya: Mursyidul Am seru rakyat selamatkan Malaysia
(Harakah) - 'Selamatkan Malaysia dari pemimpin-pemimpin yang korup agama, muflis nilai, gilakan harta dan hidup bertopeng pelbagai segi.Tinggalkan parti Umno dan Barisan Nasional yang tidak lagi…
Pengundi hantu ditemui di Tanah Merah
(Harakah) - Sekumpulan pengundi hantu telah dikenalpasti di Gual Ipoh di Tanah Merah.
Warkah Anwar buat pengundi seluruh Malaysia
Anwar Ibrahim Buat sekalian rakyat Malaysia,Assalamualaikum dan salam sejahtera. Penentuan sudah semakin hampir. 8 Mac 2008 bakal menyaksikan apakah rakyat bersedia untuk berubah ke arah…
“Oghe chinoh kelate cukup luar besehâ€
KOTA BHARU: Where Kelantanese Malays can’t stop offering their opinions on politics, regardless of whether they’re asked, the Chinese community here is rather reticent, even when…
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…
Terengganu police break up rowdy crowd detaining buses
KUALA TERENGGANU - MORE than 300 rowdy supporters of a political party in Terengganu stopped nine buses carrying about 350 university students from entering the state yesterday, claiming that they…
Fired up, many in S’pore go home to vote
Eager voters working here fill up buses as they rush home in time for the pollsBy Zackaria Abdul Rahim & Chai Hung Yin
Malaysia votes as PM’s leadership at stake
Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia votes in a general election on Saturday, with the ruling coalition considered certain to retain power but the prime minister's leadership hanging in the balance, Reuters…
Antara usaha PAS pertahan ‘Serambi Mekah’ dan lagi laporan penipuan terancang Umno/BN
(Harakah) - Sejak jam 8 malam tadi, jalan persekutuan Kuala Lipis menuju ke Gua Musang, Gua Musang ke Kota Bharu dipenuhi dengan deretan kenderaan dari arah Selatan menuju ke Pantai Timur.Kesesakan…
Hari ni Kaki Tidur tak dapat tidur
Pak Lah menggelabahDia dah silap langkahTarikh 8 Mac bawa parahMakan balik diri Pak Lah
BN sebar surat fitnah dakwa PAS boikot pilihan raya
(Harakah) - Rakyat Malaysia, khususnya ahli dan penyokong PAS diingatkan supaya berhati-hati dengan fitnah jahat yang dipercayai didalangi Umno/ Barisan Nasional menjelang hari pengundian esok.
Malaysia set for general election
Campaigning is drawing to a close in Malaysia, ahead of the country's general election on Saturday.
Malaysia PM, opposition upbeat ahead of poll
By Niluksi KoswanagePENANG, Malaysia, March 7 (Reuters) - Malaysia's government said on Friday it hoped to keep its two-thirds majority in parliament in Saturday's general election…
I know I’m fighting for a good cause
By Tan May Ping HE gave up a lucrative job as a researcher in Singapore to fight for what he calls 'justice'.
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…
Usaha Terakhir BN Menumpaskan Rakyat di Kelantan
Sepanjang dinihari sewaktu Rakyat bermunajat bersama dengan Tuan Guru Dato’ Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat di perkarangan Stadium Sultan Muhammad Ke IV, musuh rakyat, Barisan Nasional pula memulakan…
Hapus dulu cukai pintu di negeri BN, sebelum gula-gula rakyat Kelantan
(Harakah) – Sebelum menabur segala janji untuk rakyat Kelantan, parti itu terlebih dahulu perlu melaksanakan impian tersebut di negeri-negeri lain yang sudah 50 tahun dikuasainya.Malah…
Tiga petugas KeADILan dibelasah ketika edar risalah selepas solat Jumaat
(Harakah) - Tiga orang petugas Pemuda KeADILan hari ini telah membuat satu laporan polis ke atas beberapa orang pemuda yang disyaki Pemuda BN yang memukul mereka, kata Ketua Pemuda PAS Negeri…
Munajat Rakyat Kelantan Melawan Kezaliman
Sewaktu ramai antara kita yang lena diulit mimpi, lebih 50,000 rakyat Kelantan dari seluruh pelusuk 'tanah serendah sekebun bunga' ini berkumpul di Stadium Sultan Muhammad ke IV, Kota…
Bas-bas ke pantai timur pun mula bertolak
(Harakah) - Terkini, menurut laporan yang diterima daripada pelbagai sumber, hampir 30 buah bas persendirian yang memasang bendera Barisan Nasional (BN) sudah pun berada di Stadium Bukit Jalil, Kuala…
