Archive - 1 May 2007

The large number of missing ballots from a single voting group in Saturday's Ijok by-election is incomprehensible, according to several election experts.

While the Works Ministry blames contractors over several serious defects in government-owned buildings, the opposition leader says shoddy public service delivery was to blame.

Malaysia needs a national plan of action to effectively deal with human trafficking and protect victims of people smuggling.

The electors are to be blame, says a Malaysiakini reader.

For several years now, I've shared NAN's analysis of the mentality of rural voters which guarantee a string of landslide victories for the BN election after election...

They will seek meetings with the ruling parties to submit a list of sitting MPs who are not walking the talk.

In so doing, BN has ironically achieved the opposite of what it set out to do to prove that Anwar is a spent force.

Anwar's May Day message - the new charter would recognise workers' basic rights to free association and a decent wage without recourse to legislation.

analysis Many pundits have rightly called this a close contest and it turned out to be one, despite BN retaining the seat by adding another 201 votes to its majority.

The religious adviser to Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has called on the government to disregard requests to build such mosques.

Abdullah said Malaysia's ability to compete in the face of increasing regional competition hinged on the quality and productivity of its workers.