PETALING JAYA, 12 Oct 2009: Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek wants MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat and all his appointed central committee members to resign following the no-confidence motion against Ong that was passed on 10 Oct. Ong Chua, the former MCA deputy president who has been openly at loggerheads with Ong […]
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The myth of Malaysian diversity
By Shanon ShahHERE’S a statistic to think about: the nine by-elections since the March 2008 general election have seen a total of 36 candidates contesting. Only two, or less than 5.6%, of these candidates have been women. The two were L Sarala, who contested in the record-breaking Bukit Selambau by-election in April 2009, and Aminah Abdullah, who […]
BN wins big in Bagan Pinang (Updated 10:40pm)
Updated at 10:40pm, 11 Oct 2009 PORT DICKSON, 11 Oct 2009: The Barisan Nasional (BN) retained the Bagan Pinang state seat in Negeri Sembilan after its candidate Tan Sri Mohd Isa Abdul Samad defeated PAS candidate Zulkefly Mohamad Omar with a majority of 5,435 votes. Isa polled 8,013 votes while Zulkefly obtained 2,578 votes in […]
EC refutes claims on postal voters’ list
PORT DICKSON, 11 Oct 2009: The Election Commission (EC) has refuted claims that the Army Basic Training Centre here did not use the voters’ list issued by the commission during the postal voting for the Bagan Pinang by-election on Thursday. State EC director Abdul Latif Baba said the voters’ list displayed by armed forces at […]
Balloting begins in Bagan Pinang
PORT DICKSON, 11 Oct 2009: Balloting for the Bagan Pinang by-election began as soon as polling centres opened at 8am. Most of the 13,664 voters, not including the 4,604 postal voters that had been cast earlier, were expected to vote early. They will be choosing a new state assemblyperson for the state seat which became […]
A bizarre week in Bagan Pinang
By Shanon ShahWorshippers at Masjid Qariah MASJID Qariah Bagan Pinang, Port Dickson, is sandwiched between a major Barisan Nasional (BN) operations centre and PAS’s main by-election headquarters along Jalan Pantai. On Friday, 9 Oct 2009, the mosque was bursting at the seams with worshippers. In his khutbah, the imam said Islam is a religion of unity and […]
Dishonesty in Bagan Pinang
By Shanon ShahStrange (and dishonest) BN math THERE is a ubiquitous campaign billboard in Port Dickson now. It says, “For 63 years, Barisan Nasional (BN) has protected you. Don’t destroy the country’s security.” The arithmetic is baffling. The BN was officially registered as a coalition in July 1974. As at October 2009, this would make the BN […]
Peninsular Malaysians reject corrupt leaders
By Jacqueline Ann SurinPETALING JAYA, 8 Oct 2009: A new Merdeka Center for Opinion Research poll has found that the majority of Malaysians reject political leaders who have been tainted by money politics or sex scandals. In a press release today, Merdeka Center said a total of 87% of respondents in a poll conducted in Peninsular Malaysia from […]
Bagan Pinang: Soldiers, police cast postal votes
PORT DICKSON, 8 Oct 2009: Postal voting began in the Bagan Pinang state by-election today for soldiers and police officers. The soldiers cast their votes at the Army Basic Training Centre (Pusasda), while the police officers at the Port Dickson Police District Headquarters (IPD). Polling, which began at 8am and will close at 5pm, was […]
Study of laws in 18 countries for ISA review
PUTRAJAYA, 8 Oct 2009; In its effort to review the Internal Security Act (ISA), the government is carrying out a comparative study of the preventive laws in 18 countries including the United States, Deputy Home Minister Datuk Wira Abu Seman Yusop said today. He said the other countries were Singapore, Australia, Tanzania, Brunei, India, the […]
