Updated 2:35pm; 8 April 2009 PETALING JAYA, 8 April 2009: The Pakatan Rakyat (PR) will form special panels to oversee each of the ministries in Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s soon-to-be announced new cabinet line-up, instead of announcing a shadow cabinet. “These panels will be represented by members of parliament from all three parties […]
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PKR triumphant in Bukit Selambau
By Shanon ShahSUNGAI PETANI, 7 Apr 2009: The Pakatan Rakyat (PR)’s novice candidate S Manikumar trounced the Barisan Nasional (BN)’s Datuk S Ganesan with a convincing 2,403-vote majority today in the Bukit Selambau by-election. It was an increased majority compared with the results of the March 2008 general election where, independent-candidate-turned-Parti-Keadilan-Rakyat-member V Arumugam won by a 2,362-vote […]
BN wins Batang Ai by-election (Updated 10:42pm)
Updated 10:42pm, 7 April 2009 Malcolm Mussen (Source: umnojb.com.my) LUBOK ANTU, 7 April 2009: The Barisan Nasional (BN) retained the Batang Ai state seat after its candidate, Malcolm Mussen Lamoh, won the by-election today with a 1,854-vote majority. Newcomer Malcolm Mussen, a former engineer with the Sarawak Agriculture Department, garnered 3,907 votes to defeat veteran […]
Vote-counting starts in Batang Ai
LUBOK ANTU, 7 April 2009: Vote-counting for the Batang Ai state by-election started at the sports complex hall here at 3.04pm. The first votes to be counted were those from the polling stations at Sesco Township Hall, Kerangan Mong Kemas kindergarten and the Batu Kaya Sacra Multipurpose Hall. It is learnt that as at 3pm, […]
Supporters told to calm down in Bkt Selambau
SUNGAI PETANI, 7 April 2009: Election Commission deputy chairperson Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan Omar hoped today that supporters and vote solicitors outside voting centres here would control their emotions to avoid any untoward incidents. “The situation in the voting centres is good but outside it looks as if it is out of control due to […]
Independent candidate votes in Bkt Selambau
SUNGAI PETANI, 7 April 2009: The independent candidate who uses the aeroplane symbol, T Chandrarajan, cast his vote at 9.30am today to the sound of a roaring jet engine blasting from a luxury Jaguar car. Chandrarajan was accompanied by his wife M Suguna Devi at Sekolah Menengah Teknik Sungai Petani 2. He is one of […]
Smooth voting in Batang Ai
LUBOK ANTU, 7 April 2009: Polling in the Batang Ai state seat by-election has proceeded without any hitch at all 25 polling stations that opened at 8am today. The Election Commission (EC) is deploying helicopters to reach polling stations, especially in remote areas, including in Ulu Engkari. Boats are also being used to transport ballot […]
Polling in by-elections has begun
KUALA LUMPUR, 7 April 2009: Voting in the Bukit Gantang parliamentary seat and the Bukit Selambau and Batang Ai state seat by-elections began simultaneously today when polling centres opened at 8am. In Bukit Gantang, Perak, Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate Ismail Saffian faces embattled Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin from PAS and independent […]
Main candidates vote in Bkt Selambau
By Shanon ShahSUNGAI PETANI, 7 April 2009: Barisan Nasional (BN)’s Datuk S Ganesan and Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR)’s S Manikumar both cast their votes at approximately 8.20am here in Bukit Selambau today. Ganesan, from the MIC, arrived at Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (Tamil) Ladang Perbadanan polling station at 8.10am, with his wife Datin T Vatsala. They both cast […]
Azeez: Expect PR defections in Kedah
By Shanon ShahSUNGAI PETANI, 6 Apr 2009: Four Pakatan Rakyat (PR) state assemblypersons will defect if the Barisan Nasional (BN) wins the Bukit Selambau by-election tomorrow, claimed newly-elected Umno supreme council member Datuk Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim. Speaking at the BN Youth operations center here tonight, he said, “Just wait and see what will happen within a […]
