Anwar has released the following statement:
“We stand today on the brink of history. We have reached the last twenty-four hours of a historic campaign that will change Malaysia forever. Across country, we have seen hundreds of thousands of Malaysians of all ethnicities come out to our ceramahs. The response in frontline states such as Johor, Sabah and Sarawak, the heartland and fortresses of Umno and Barisan Nasional, has been tremendous.
Long before the Mongolian case, we had the BMF scandal. Bumiputra Malaysia Finance auditor Jalil Ibrahim was assigned to investigate dubious loans to the Carrian Group in Hong Kong. He was strangled to death in a Hong Kong hotel room in 1983 and his body dumped in undergrowth in a village.
Penangites showed the way with chants of “Ubah!” reverberating in the streets as the election campaign in here reached a climax. A huge crowd thronged the Esplanade and spilled onto the streets lending a festive air that was more exuberant than a samba parade.
As an indicator of the turnout, if the 80000-strong crowd at Han Chiang on Monday contributed RM240000 into the kitty, this time the money collected from some 100000 people almost touched RM600000. Many were seen putting RM5 and RM10 notes in the collection boxes.
Bersih reps Pak Samad and Maria Chin Abdullah update us on developments ahead of GE13.
When voters head to the polls this Sunday in Malaysia, the hotly contested race could very well be decided in Sabah and Sarawak, potential swing states on the island of Borneo.
When I first met Nurul Izzah at some conference about a dozen years ago during the reformasi era, I thought she would be destined to play a much bigger role in public life. Now here she is on the threshold of change.
Rafizi Ramli shares with us his dream for a more inclusive Malaysia devoid of racial baggage.