Yusri Nuqman

Kajang was won by the opposition in 1999. This time Keadilan risks losing it as local DAP leaders are unhappy that their party did not get the right to contest it.

The 'fear factor' is obviously a major hurdle for the opposition vying for the new Putrajaya parliamentary seat - which include the country's administrative capital - especially where civil servants are concerned.

Following the example of his personalised Christmas and Chinese New Year greetings, Premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi now sends out a personal message by post to voters urging them to turn out in full force for polling on Sunday. But this 'campaigning-by-mail' has some eyebrows raised.

Things become rather academic in the contest for the Bangi state seat, where two lecturers are set to do battle. The issue here is a professor title.

The opposition contender from Keadilan claims that the response from voters has been encouraging and warns that this would be no walk in the park for his opponent.

Tengku Adnan Mansor was recently slapped with a legal suit for not paying RM1 million for work done in a hotel owned by his company. This raises the question of whether the cabinet member has indeed divested all his stakes in the corporate world.

Midnight scuffle results in nine PAS election workers seeking first-aid from private clinic

Unlike 1999, the turnout of Keadilan supporters on nomination day in Bandar Tun Razak was pretty low. This time, a party unknown is taking on the MCA incumbent who is also a deputy minister.