Ahad, 17 April 2011

Lim Kit Siang

Lim Kit Siang


Comment on the 2011 Sarawak election: We need fair election rules

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 12:41 AM PDT

By Lim Yin Kuin Sir, I am a Malaysian student in a U.S. university and would like to comment on something I found outrageous about the Sarawak state election. How is it that Chinese people make up the majority in Sarawak (something the mainstream media is not keen on mentioning often), yet Chinese candidates were [...]

Clean sweep for PBB, but Taib still on rocky ground

Posted: 16 Apr 2011 11:25 PM PDT

By Shannon Teoh April 16, 2011 KUALA LUMPUR, April 16 — Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) won all 35 seats it contested in today's polls but its president Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud will still take the fall for Sarawak Barisan Nasional's (BN) loss of 16 seats. Coalition chief Datuk Seri Najib Razak said in [...]

BN retains two-thirds majority but Sarawak’s fixed deposit shattered

Posted: 16 Apr 2011 12:10 PM PDT

By Jahabar Sadiq Editor The Malaysian Insider Apr 16, 2011 KUCHING, April 16 — The Barisan Nasional (BN) has managed to keep its two-thirds legislative majority in Sarawak but today's results have shattered the coalition's invincibility and the notion of a fixed deposit in future elections. The DAP doubled its presence to 12 and PKR [...]

Five things we learned in Sarawak

Posted: 16 Apr 2011 11:51 AM PDT

The Malaysia Insider Apr 16, 2011 APRIL 16 — There are five things to be learned from today's Sarawak election. * The Najib factor Even Pakatan Rakyat (PR) campaigners concede this fact grudgingly: till Datuk Seri Najib Razak camped in Sarawak, the Barisan Nasional (BN) machinery was rudderless and dispirited. He cajoled, persuaded, pressed flesh [...]

DAP tells BN Sarawak no longer fixed deposit

Posted: 16 Apr 2011 11:33 AM PDT

by Debra Chong The Malaysian Insider Apr 16, 2011 KUCHING, April 16 — Flushed with its historic 12-seat victory in Malaysia's biggest state tonight, the DAP has declared boldly that Sarawak is no longer the ruling Barisan Nasional's (BN) fixed deposit as the prime minister mulls nationwide polls ahead of its 2013 expiry. Despite failing [...]

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