Malaysia PM coalition may lose 2/3 majority – Anwar
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's ruling coalition could lose its crucial two-thirds majority for the first time in 40 years in next month's election due to eroding support,…
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Seloka Pilihanraya 2008 (Siri 1)
Suratkhabar penuh dengan berita pilihanrayaSeperti biasa BN memperalatkan media perdanaSelain dari menggunakan Kemas dan BalairayaDan memegang tengkok kontraktor untuk danaBN terus menguasai TV satu,…
Samy is a Teflon Fat Cat with 9 Lives who can Fly through the Air in Sungei Siput. We need Rambo
A political satire by Casey Sze Tho
Wind of change or typhoon?
Goh Ban Lee (Feb 26, 2008): MALAYSIANS must be very easily excited. How else can one explain the excitement over the coming 12th general election when the Barisan Nasional (BN) will still be…
‘Loh was a pawn’
PETALING JAYA (Feb 26, 2008): The question on the lips of Kelana Jaya voters is why has their MP Loh Seng Kok been replaced just after one term? With no replacement seat, the…
Malaysia’s Anwar Vows To Dismantle Race Policies
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP)--Malaysia's opposition figurehead Anwar Ibrahim vowed Tuesday to end race-based discrimination policies, lower fuel prices and fight corruption in a policy manifesto…
Malaysian court rejects bid to free 5 ethnic Indians held under security law
KUALA LUMPUR (AP): A Malaysian court refused Tuesday to free five ethnic Indian activists detained indefinitely under a harsh security law for organizing a mass rally in November to demand…
Challenge – distribute BN’s 2004 general election manifesto together with its 2008 manifesto
Challenge to Abdullah and BN to distribute 2004 BN general election manifesto on “Excellence, Glory and Distinction” together with its 2008 manifesto of ‘Security, Peace and…
PAS’ New Realist Politics?
During the time of Dr. Burhanuddin al-Helmy’s leadership (1956-1970), PAS was widely seen as a progressive Islamist party that was committed to the ideal of an Islamic state but at the same…
EC stopped PASOK from using the Pasok party symbol and party name
Why at the last moment during nomination time did the EC stop our candidates from using the Pasok party symbol and party name?
BN agents reacting to MT’s Mock Election
By Little BirdMalaysia Today is still running its Mock Election. To all BN and Opposition supporters do cast your votes.
Pluralism at a crossroad in Malaysian election
The future of Malaysia's race-based politics will come under question at the coming general elections in two weeks time, and it will also pass the Malaysian peoples' verdict on the…
ELECTION 2008: Pas Kelantan, now more media-savvy, confident of staying in power
Pas Kelantan yesterday expressed its confidence of defending the state from a Barisan Nasional charge led by Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Dr Awang Adek Hussin.
‘Pasok was cheated by EC’ claim
Kota Kinabalu: Trouble-plagued Pasok is disappointed with the Election Commission (EC) for not allowing its candidates to use the party's symbol and name on their ballot papers.
Can The Malaysian Indians Be Fooled AGAIN?
When Mahathir and Ling Leong Sik had gracefully retired from politics just before the last elections, the M.I.C. leader, Samy Vellu was asked to leave the helm of the party so as to allow the younger…
BN’s Free Food, Money & Motorbikes Courtesy of Taxpayers
By Little BirdWell, dishing out the money has started. Last week, just two days before Nomination Day on the 24th, the BN candidates had already started giving cash handouts to people.
Oscars in Elections
The battle begins even as the candidates' lists have been released.
Barisan Nasional Land Grabs
By Little BirdFriends, another major land grab is unfolding. Last week, the Gomen announced that the mouth-watering strip of land in Lembah Pantai known as University of Malaya will be redeveloped.…
Give Keadilan chance to form govt: KB candidate
Kota Belud: Opposition Keadilan said the people should give them a chance to form the next government claiming the Barisan Nasional (BN) had failed its duty to protect the people.
PKR claims conspiracy to ensure Kurup gets walkover
Kota Kinabalu: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) claims the disqualification of its candidate for the Pansiangan MP seat was a conspiracy involving the Election Commission (EC) and the Returning…
S’kan LDP denies claim, pledges support for Liew
Sandakan: Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Vice President Isaac Pang said former Youth deputy chief David Fong Vun Fui's claim of over a hundred members from the Youth wing having resigned…
Disgruntled Malaysian tsunami victims threaten protest vote
KEDAH – AFP: MALAYSIA'S tsunami victims are threatening to cast a protest vote against the government in March 8 polls over broken promises for new homes and mismanagement of relief…
Testing Truly Malaysia
For people in fully democratic nations, the target set by Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, that Barisan Nasional (National Front) -- which won 91 percent of parliamentary seats in the…
Match-making manifesto woos M’sian voters
KUALA LUMPUR – AFP: MALAYSIA'S conservative Islamic party pledged to provide match-making services for older women and cut the cost of dowries in an election manifesto for its…
Bloggers test their popularity in Malaysia election
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - The Internet is changing the face of Malaysian politics, becoming a virtual political party of its own as the country gears up for elections next month.
A chip off the old block
We were on a family outing once and my father pointed to a JKR lorry and asked whether I knew what 'JKR' means. “Jabatan Kerja Raya,” I replied. My mother went into shock when my…
TO THE PEOPLE OF BATU KAWAN AND PRAI
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Seputeh DAP Election Publicity Materials Taken Down By DBKL
The demand of DBKL to take down my elections publicity materials that hung at the flyover of Kuchai Lama is unfair and unjust
The ANWAR IBRAHIM effect
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IDR: good or bad?
TO the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) party, it is a multi-billion-ringgit ladder to success. To the opposition, it is a multi-billion-ringgit flop.
Inflation angers Malaysian voters
Malaysia's governing coalition unleashed a media blitz yesterday in a bid to ease public anger over escalating food and fuel prices that could undercut its support at the March 8 general…
Eminent Journalist Said Zahari Stands Tall Against the Hired Underlings of Today
Said Zahari, the former editor -in- chief of the Utusan Melayu group, has penned the second volume of his memoir entitled “The Long Nightmare”. He was detained for 17 long years by the…
Seloka Pilihanraya 2008 (Siri 1)
Suratkhabar penuh dengan berita pilihanrayaSeperti biasa BN memperalatkan media perdanaSelain dari menggunakan Kemas dan BalairayaDan memegang tengkok kontraktor untuk danaBN terus menguasai TV satu,…
Election Manifestos
Center for Public Policy StudiesBelow you can find manifestos of several political parties in Malaysia. Click on the name to download the file.
PSM cries foul as speech halted
KUALA LUMPUR: As the election campaign gathers momentum and parties vie for the attention of the voting public, the ugly side of politicking reared its head.
Only flags of candidates allowed
PUTRAJAYA: Political parties cannot put up any election paraphernalia in parliamentary and state constituencies where they do not have any candidates contesting.
No-show PKR candidate ‘was in PD with family’
KAPAR: Parti Keadilan Rakyat candidate for the Sementa state seat, Suzaimi Salam, was in Port Dickson with his family on nomination day on Sunday.
New breed of voters now more discerning
By M. Mahalingam, NEW STRAITS TIMESLong-time politician Tan Sri M. Mahalingam, 73, whose public office and political career spans five decades since joining MIC in 1958, shares his views with K.…
