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Bukit Gelugor by-election: Ramkarpal grabs 89 per cent of votes cast

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Ramkarpal celebrates his victory - Photograph: DAP
Ramkarpal celebrates his victory – Photograph: DAP

Official result:

Ramkarpal Singh (DAP) – 41242 (89 per cent of votes cast compared to Karpal’s 79 per cent in GE13)
Huan Cheng Guan (Parti Cinta Malaysia) – 3583
Mohamed Nabi Bux Mohd Nabi Abd Sathar (Independent) – 799
Abu Backer Sidek Mohd Zan (Independent) – 225
Spoilt votes – 539
Total votes cast: 46388

Majority: 37659 (Karpal’s majority in GE13 – 42706)

Turnout: 46099 (56%) (86% in GE13)
(Discrepancy with total votes cast to be rechecked.)

All the three losing candidates lost their deposits.

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Bukit Gelugor: Ramkarpal set to cruise to victory, only winning margin uncertain

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The only question is the margin of victory for Ramkarpal Singh, in the face of an insipid challenge by a Parti Cinta Malaysia candidate and two independent candidates and with the BN staying out.

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Remixed version of protest

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Maybe this is the most effective way of dealing with aggressive protesters: by immortalising their actions in a remixed music video.

Post by Ah Lis.
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Rest in peace, Sr Julianna Lim

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More than 500 mourners attended the funeral today of Sr Julianna Lim, who worked among the poor in Seremban through the IJ learning centre.

Photograph: Arul
Photograph: Arul
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Seri Tanjung Pinang Phase 2: Pulau Tikus rep raises dredging costs issue in Penang State Assembly

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Pulau Tikus rep Yap Soo Huey has raised the issue of the cost of the periodic dredging that would be necessary after the massive 891-acre land reclamation at the Seri Tanjung Pinang Phase 2 project and the Gurney Drive coastal strip.

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Here we go again, this time rowdy pro-Umno protest at DAP HQ in KL

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So many critical mportant issues facing the nation – mounting debt levels, rampant corruption, Barang Naik, GST, TPPA, MH370, income inequality and rural poverty, rising crime, climate change – and these KL Umno Youth guys zero in on something like this.

Post by Democratic Action Party.
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Rowdy protesters invade Penang State Assembly

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Shameful scenes at the Penang State Assembly. And a couple of familiar faces (to Penangites, at least) among the protesters.

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Dyana Sofya: Breaking barriers in move to New Politics

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Dyana Sofya’s candidacy in the Teluk Intan by-election is signficant in more ways than one.

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MH370: Four Corners examines what happened

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The following are some of the major questions floating in my mind, and I am sure they are shared by many others:

– Why did the Malaysian side initially refuse to hand over the cargo manifest to the Australian investigators? Why did it take so long for the cargo manifest to be released? We still do not know the origins of the lithium-ion batteries and the mangosteens that were supposed to be in the cargo.

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Sr Julianna Lim dies after brutal attack at Seremban church

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Sr Julianna Lim, 69, passed away at about 3.30pm today, succumbing to injuries sustained during a violent attack in front of the Church of the Visitation in Seremban on 14 May which left her in a coma.

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