Five parliamentary seats in Johor, especially those held by MCA, are at risk of falling to the opposition.
From theSun, 14 March 2012
Mar 152012
Feb 072012
This good-humoured debate between Umno Youth leader Khairy Jamaluddin and PKR director of strategies Rafizi Ramli was held in the UK on 29 January.
Jan 292012
The Orang Asli community in Gua Musang are waging a struggle to preserve their ancestral land in Kelantan from the onslaught of loggers. What do BN and PR politicians have to say?
The Temiar rise in protest - Photograph: Siti Kasim/COAC
Jan 132012
Now that Anwar has been acquitted, the opposition alliance must quickly ride on the euphoria generated to explain its specific policies for improving the quality of life of Malaysians if it comes to power. Continue reading »
Mar 282011
Sarawak Chief Minister Taib Mahmud hopes to hold on to the BN’s two-thirds majority in the state assembly in elections on 16 April. But as he observes his 30th anniversary as chief minister today, his political future has never looked so uncertain.
A piece that appears in Asia Times today:
Bellwether poll for Malaysia
By Anil Netto
Taib Mahmud, the flamboyant chief minister of the Malaysian state of Sarawak in north Borneo, marked 30 consecutive years in power on Monday. But any celebrations were subdued by a demanding electoral test on April 16, when close to one million Sarawak voters are eligible to vote in hotly contested state polls. Continue reading »