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Archive - 4 March 2008
0Without fear or favour
The public service slowly but surely became corrupted by being forced into a framework of political executive correctness. Compliant ones were rewarded for political obedience.
0U-turn on ink: A black mark for EC
immediate reactions
Opposition parties were united in their indignant over the sudden decision by the Election Commission to cancel the use of the indelible ink.
0March 4: Polls round-up
Malaysiakini
brings you the latest election news and snippets from around the web.
0BN manifesto: An evidence-based evaluation
Like the poverty line, we continue to calculate inflation, a socio-economic variable, according to the political zones. How accurate is this?
0BN promises RM15b for Kelantan
Deputy Finance Minister Awang Adek Hussin said the BN would set up a hydro-electric dam and a bio-valley project worth RM15 billion if it won Kelantan.
0Kepong incumbent enraged by 'egg attack'
DAP incumbent for Kepong, Dr Tan Seng Giaw, suspects that a BN rival and even triads may be involved in an attack where two eggs were thrown at him.
0Taiping race heats up, Kayveas fights back
M Kayveas, who has been fighting a desperate battle to retain his Taiping parliamentary seat, announced today that he had secured a new plot of land for a Chinese school.
0Crowd unfazed by heavy downpour
Thousands gathered at the DAP ceramah in USJ12, their responses ringing out even in heavy rain as speakers aimed barbs at the BN.
070% toll hike slated for Penang bridge
A confidential letter between the bridge concessionaire and the federal government indicated that the toll rates would be increased by almost 70 percent.
0Umnoputraism: are you for or against?
0Shock reversal: Indelible ink plan erased
breaking news
updated 8.20pm
The EC has made the shocking announcement that it will not use the indelible ink for Saturday's polls, citing public order and security issues.
0Chandra a fine one to criticise Anwar
0Aliran founder a true disappointment
0Samy's figures just don't add up enough
0Penangites, go for it!
0Deny BN two-thirds, stop bulldozing of bills
0Next election more important than this one
0Vote to safeguard all Malaysians
0Multiple options for a government better
0Candidate finds 26 'phantom' voters in family's home
In yet another challenge to the integrity of the electoral roll, a candidate has discovered 26 unknown individuals registered as voters at her family’s home.
0Isn't this apartheid?
0Gobala: Give the opposition a chance
Don’t let yourself to be cheated by the Election Commission and the BN government, says the PKR’s candidate for Padang Jerai.
0It's time to 'jual mahal' - Part 3
We, the rakyat , simply got the politicians we deserved because we gave them a blank cheque to use and abuse us. We are like the woman who ‘gives in’ too easily - no man respects that.
0Koh defends Motorola deal
Confirming his controversial move to keep the company in Penang, Dr Koh Tsu Koon denied that it was politically motivated.
0PAS rides on price-hike misery in Perlis
It hopes the momentum will be sufficient to give it victory over the state.
0Malaysiakini goes free for one week
updated 9.20pm
In view that the country is going to the polls on Saturday,
Malaysiakini
has decided to make its website free beginning today for the next seven days.
0Malay votes decisive for PKR
analysis
The key to PKR’s victory will be Malay voters. A swing among these voters will ensure that the party will remain ‘relevant’.
0MIC may lose up to five seats
analysis
In the face of unprecedented anger among minority Indian Malaysians, Samy Vellu's MIC can expect a drubbing on polling day this Saturday.
0PKR: Huge voters scam in Pekan
The opposition party claims that Burmese migrant families are being relocated with various perks to Pekan to shore up electoral support for Najib.
0History is against Koh to win seat
Penangites had never allowed outgoing chief ministers to move up to federal politics or retire without a heartbreaking defeat.
0Photo-finish in Ipoh Barat?
DAP incumbent M Kulasegaran and MCA heavyweight ‘Tiger Yik’ are squaring off, but the outcome is too close to call.
0Chew Mei Fun, which planet are you on?
updated 7.42pm
Her answers really makes one wonder if she actually has a stand at all. 'I thought the NEP had already ended,' she says. What?
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