Archive - 25 April 2010

Top Pakatan leaders shed tears at a post-election rally in KKB but vowed to continue the fight. [VIDEO INSIDE]

He described BN's win today in Hulu Selangor as a shift in people's support in favour of BN. [VIDEO INSIDE]

BN euphoric over Hulu Selangor win, starts aiming for Selangor. PKR says ruling coalition 'has nothing to celebrate.'

They were said to have died - Dr Mohd Nasir Hashim (PSM-Kota Damansara), Cheah Wing Yin (DAP-Damansara Utama) and Shamsuddin Lias (Umno-Sungai Burong).

Supp has unanimously chosen lawyer Robert Lau Hui Yew as BN candidate for the Sibu by-election.

Newly-formed election watchdog My Election Watch (MEW) questions irregularities which continue to plague Hulu Selangor’s Orang Asli voters.

LIVE REPORTS P Kamalanathan (MIC) bags 24,997 votes against Zaid Ibrahim's (PKR) 23,272 in the Hulu Selangor by-election.

Police had arrested 32 people over the past eight days of campaigning in connection with various offences. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The DAP supremo expresses shock and disappointment at what he said was electoral bribery committed by the PM yesterday in offering RM3 million to a Chinese school in Rasa, Hulu Selangor.

Muhyiddin said that the BN’s KPI (key performance indicator) for the by-election is to win with a majority of 6,000 votes.

COMMENT Malaysian history is rife with politicians’ wives who simply cannot shake unwanted public attention.

Abhisit Vejjajiva, together with army chief, announces plans to retake Ratchaprasong, but did not say when.

Tens of thousands marked the 95th anniversary of mass killings under the Ottoman both in Armenia, and for the first time, in Turkey.

COMMENT Hulu Selangor sharply contrasted the politics of the new versus the old one of money, machinery and media manipulation.

'How do you end corruption when the government practices it blatantly in this buy-election?'

'Prior to 2008, BN could have won this mixed seat and traditional stronghold with their eyes half-closed. But now they have to fight tooth and nail for it.'

UPDATED 10.40AM S'gor exco Elizabeth Wong said the barricades were removed at around 3am after her police report. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Selangor exco Elizabeth Wong claims there are attempts to bar Orang Asli voters from going out to vote at the polls tomorrow.