:: cina islam | 2011 ::

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• Dua ditahan dipercayai terbabit pergaduhan di Ipoh
• SPR: 80% keluar megundi, paling tinggi
• 12 Myanmar dan Bangladesh ditahan di Lembah Pantai
• Dakwat tak kekal, tak apa: Pengundi hantu, mana ada?
• TG Nik Aziz lena di surau sebelum teruskan kempen
• Penduduk setempat di Sabah belasah pengundi ‘hantu’
• Helikopter terbalik, Hishammuddin dan keluarga selamat
• Pengundian selesai, undi mula dikira
• Azmin: Dakwat mudah tanggal, dedah kepada penipuan
• Idham Lim mohon doa restu ibu mertua dan tunaikan amanah
• Karpal 'protes' dakwat kekal ‘hilang’ dalam 2 jam
• PRU13: Pengundi sempat mengundi tetapi meninggal dunia akibat sakit jantung
• Kamilia Keluar Buang Undi Ditemani Anak-Anak, Rasa 'Lebih Bebas'
• PRU13: Warga tua meninggal dunia di pusat mengundi di Perak
• SPR: Hampir 60 peratus mengundi sehingga jam 12 tengah hari
• "Kuala Kangsar Spring" (2)
• "Kuala Kangsar Spring" (1)

Dua ditahan dipercayai terbabit pergaduhan di Ipoh Posted: 05 May 2013 03:02 AM PDT 24 Jamadil Akhir 1434 H. [MOD] - Mereka yang berusia 24 dan 32 tahun ditahan kira-kira pukul 7.30 malam di kawasan Gunung Rapat. IPOH: Dua lelaki ditahan kerana dipercayai terbabit dalam pergaduhan melibatkan lebih 300 orang penyokong parti di Station 18, Pengkalan di sini semalam. Mereka yang berusia 24 dan 32 tahun ditahan kira-kira pukul 7.30 malam di kawasan Gunung Rapat. Ketua Polis Perak Datuk Mohd Shukri Dahlan berkata kedua-duanya telah dibebaskan atas jaminan polis dan akan disiasat di bawah Seksyen 148 Akta Kanun Keseksaan kerana merusuh. "Polis menerima panggilan pada pukul 3.40 petang dari orang awam bahawa berlaku pergaduhan di Station 18, namun apabila kereta peronda polis tiba, pergaduhan itu telah dilerai oleh orang ramai. "Namun pada pukul 4.50 petang, antara 300 hingga 400 orang remaja bermotosikal yang merupakan penyokong sebuah parti politik berpatah balik dan bertembung dengan penyokong sebuah parti lain di situ," katanya kepada pemberita hari ini. Provokasi dan membaling objek Beliau berkata remaja bermotosikal itu kemudiannya mewujudkan suasana tidak tenteram dengan membuat provokasi dan membaling objek kepada kumpulan pihak lawan. "Kami menghantar sepasukan lagi polis untuk meleraikan pergaduhan tersebut sebelum menahan dua suspek yang kita percaya terlibat secara langsung dalam pergaduhan itu," katanya. Mohd Shukri berkata seorang remaja bermotosikal itu cedera di muka akibat terjatuh dengan sendirinya dan seorang lagi dari parti lawan cedera dipercayai akibat dihentak dan dipukul dengan objek keras. "Polis turut menemui kayu di lokasi kejadian yang dipercayai digunakan ketika pergaduhan," katanya. FMT/-

SPR: 80% keluar megundi, paling tinggi Posted: 05 May 2013 02:59 AM PDT 24 Jamadil Akhir 1434 H. [MOD] - Wan Ahmad Wan Omar KUALA LUMPUR - Sebanyak 80 peratus daripada 12,992,661 pengundi berdaftar keluar mengundi pada pilihan raya umum ke-13 (PRU13) hari ini, peratusan tertinggi pernah dicatatkan dalam PRU di negara ini.      Timbalan Pengerusi Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan Omar berkata kesemua pusat pengundian ditutup pada pukul 5 petang ini.      Sejumlah 8,245 pusat pengundian dibuka pada pukul 8 pagi di seluruh negara melibatkan 25,337 saluran tempat mengundi, dengan 80 peratus daripadanya membabitkan bangunan sekolah, dewan serba guna dan balai raya.      Dua pusat mengundi bagi dewan undangan negeri (DUN) Tungku, di daerah Tanjung Labian dan Tambisan, dan satu lagi di kawasan DUN Lahad Datu, di daerah Sakar, Sabah, ditutup pada pukul 3 petang.      Pengiraan undi dijangka bermula pada pukul 5.30 petang diikuti dengan proses penjumlahan undi selepas itu.    Keputusan pertama dijangka diketahui pada kira-kira pukul 7.30 malam.   - Bernama

12 Myanmar dan Bangladesh ditahan di Lembah Pantai Posted: 05 May 2013 02:53 AM PDT 24 Jamadil Akhir 1434 H. [MOD] - KUALA LUMPUR: Enam warga Myanmar dan sebuah van yang dipenuhi enam warga Bangladesh di'ajak minum teh' oleh orang ramai setelah cuba memasuki tempat mengundi. Mereka dibawa keluar dari kawasan itu untuk diajak minum teh dan tidak dibenarkan oleh orang ramai pergi ke pusat pengundi. 12 mereka itu didapati cuba memasuki pusat pengundian di Sekolah Kebangsaan Sri Pantai, Pantai Dalam dalam Parlimen Lembah Pantai. Di Sekolah Kebangsaan Sri Suria, Bangsar pula Harakahdaily diberitahu, beberapa buah kenderaan bercermin gelap memasuki kawasan pengundian itu melalui pintu belakang. Tidak diketahui apa tujuan tetapi kejadian yang berlaku ketika pengundian sedang berjalan menimbulkan kekecohan di sekolah itu. Naib Presiden  PKR, Nurul Izzah Anwar mempertahankan kerusi itu dengan dicabar oleh Datuk Seri Raja Nong Chik dari BN. Turut serta mencuba nasib adalah calon Bebas, Rusli Baba. Harakahdaily/-

Dakwat tak kekal, tak apa: Pengundi hantu, mana ada? Posted: 05 May 2013 02:52 AM PDT 24 Jamadil Akhir 1434 H. [MOD] - KUALA LUMPUR: Meskipun hari pengundian dicemari dengan pelbagai insiden dakwat tak kekal dan warga asing mengundi, Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya memberikan respon seolah-olah segalanya ok. (Antara kad pengenalan warga asing yang ditahan di pusat pengundian) Dalam isu dakwat tidak kekal, timbalan pengerusi SPR Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan Omar berkata dakwat tak lekat itu bukan satu masalah lagi. Ini kerana, katanya, besok pengundi tidak boleh mengundi lagi. "Saya tidak bimbang dengan dakwat kekal boleh dibasuh hari ini kerana esok anda tidak boleh mengundi. Bagaimana dia boleh mengundi tanpa MyKad atau nombor IC? Satu nama hanya ditulis sekali," kata beliau yang dipetik The Malaysian Insider. Meskipun diberi setahun untuk mencari dakwat kekal yang terbaik untuk mencegah penipuan, Wan Ahmad berkata SPR tidak tahu kualiti dakwat kekal yang digunakan. Bos Wan Ahmad pula Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof pula secara tiba-tiba hari ini menyalahkan kualiti dakwat kekal kerana ingin mengikut garis panduan status halal. Dua hari lepas, selepas ditekan oleh rakyat ekoran laporan dakwat kekal pada pengundi awal tidak kekal, Abdul Aziz telah menyangkal segala dakwaan dan berkata insiden itu berlaku kerana ada pegawai SPR yang terlupa mengoncang botol. Malah, SPR sendiri membuat demonstrasi kepada umum bahawa dakwat itu kekal. Pada masa itu, Abdul Aziz langsung tidak menyentuh mengetahui penurunan kualiti dakwat kekal kerana panduan halal. "Pada masa sama, terdapat surat dari Kementerian Kesihatan menyatakan kandungan silver nitrate mesti tidak melebihi satu peratus," katanya, sambil menambah bahawa Majlis Fatwa Kebangsaan menetapkan dakwat tersebut tidak boleh menghalang air untuk melaluinya. Selain itu, Abdul Aziz juga terus mempertahankan bahawa daftar pengundi adalah bersih walaupun di alam maya laporan daripada petugas-petugas parti berlambak mengenai tangkapan warga asing yang diberikan kuasa mengundi walaupun mereka tidak fasih berbahasa Melayu dan tidak tahu menyanyi lagu Negaraku. Tiga hari sebelum mengundi, warga asing daripada Bangladesh, Pakistan dan Nepal dilihat membanjiri lapangan terbang di Kuala Lumpur dan bandar-bandar besar. Abdul Aziz bertegas bahawa tiada pengundi yang meragukan dalam senarai itu kerana daftar pemilih itu diselaraskan dengan maklumat daripada Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara (JPN). "Ini bagi memastikan semua nama dalam pasti pemilih merupakan rakyat Malaysia," katanya. Walaubagaimanapun, Abdul Aziz Yusof mempertahankan bahawa nama-nama dalam daftar pemilih memang warganegara Malaysia, sekaligus pengundi yang sah. Harakahdaily/-

TG Nik Aziz lena di surau sebelum teruskan kempen Posted: 05 May 2013 02:50 AM PDT 24 Jamadil Akhir 1434 H. [MOD] - TG Nik Aziz berehat sebentar sebelum meneruskan kempen PENGKALAN CHEPA: Inilah pemimpin rakyat. Kelihatan Tuan Guru Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat berehat di sebuah surau sebelum meneruskan penjelajahan kempen ke seluruh Kelantan. Inilah yang berlaku kepada Tuan Guru Datuk Abdul Aziz yang kini adalah Menteri Besar Kerajaan Sementara Kelantan.  Setelah keluar mengundi awal pagi bersama isteri Datin Tuan Sabariah Tuan Ishak, beliau belum berehat. Awal pagi tadi beliau beratur panjang bagi menunggu giliran membuang undi. (Beratur di awal pagi untuk mengundi) Menteri Besar tidak menggunakan kedudukan sebagai ketua kerajaan untuk mengelak daripada beratur. Biar pun agak keuzuran namun beliau tetap beratur bersama pengundi-pengundi lain di Sekolah Menengah Raja Sakti, Kota Jembal. Beliau dan isteri tiba di pusat mengundi tersebut kira-kira jam 8.15 pagi. Tiga anaknya, Nik Adli, Nik Abdul Rahim dan Nik Omar turut mengundi di tempat yang sama. Tuan Guru Nik Abdul Aziz yang juga calon Dun Chempaka ketika ditemui pemberita berharap Kelantan terus kekal di bawah pentadbiran ulama. Menurutnya, tidak ada sebab langsung rakyat menolak kerajaan yang ada sekarang. "Tengok pada zahirnya dan sekiranya PRU 13 ini berjalan mengikut demokrasi sebenar, PAS masih mampu mengekalkan pentadbirannya. "Bagaimanapun kita tahu, PAS sering berhadapan dengan pelbagai dugaan, ugutan, politik wang untuk menjatuhkan kita," ujarnya. Manakala di Pasir Mas keghairahan rakyat untuk mengundi jelas kelihatan apabila orang ramai menyerbu tempat pembuangan undi sejak awal lagi. Sebaik sahaja tempat pembuangan undi dibuka orang ramai terus menyerbu masuk. (Saya sudah mengundi ...kata TG Nik Aziz dan isterinya) Bagaimanapun sistem manual untuk mendapatkan kupon SPR bagi membolehkan mengundi masuk ke tempat pembuangan undi, sesak teruk sehingga mereka yang keuzuran berpatah balik. Ramai merungut kerana kaedah mencari nama pengundi masih secara manual dengan mencari nama dan menggaris sebelum dikeluarkan kupon SPR mengikut saluran ditetapkan. Keadaan itu menimbulkan bantahan orang ramai terutamanya orang tua-tua. Malah tidak ada petugas SPR di Sekolah Kebangsaan Kasa bagi membantu orang tua dan kurang upaya mendapatkan kupon SPR tanpa perlu menunggu lama. Saluran pengundi muda iaitu lima hingga tujuh biar pun agak panjang, namun mereka lebih cepat membuang undi. Kemungkinan jangkaan untuk mengetahui pemenang boleh diketahui lebih awal. Petugas PAS di kaunter semakan daftar pemilih d luar sekolah tersebut memberihu kehadiran orang ramai membuat semakan di kaunter PAS lebih sibuk berbanding Umno. Situasi serupa juga dapat disaksikan di Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Kubang Bemban. Bagaimanapun di Dun Tendong keadaan lebih seimbang. Di Kubang Kerian, hampir 70 peratus pengundi luar yang didaftar PAS telah mengeluar mengundi di sebelah pagi. Menurut calon PAS Dun Pasir Tumboh, Abdul Rahman Yunus, semangat yang ditunjukkan pengundi luar dan pengundi pertama kali amat memberangsangkan berbanding PRU 2008. Katanya kesungguhan anak-anak muda dan pengundi luar membuktikan peranan media baru boleh membantu menambahkan pengetahuan mereka. "Saya amat terharu kerana di setiap peti undi yang saya kunjungi anak-anak Kelantan di perantauan yang pulang memberi sokongan padu," ujar beliau. "Kembalinya anak-anak yang berada di luar Kelantan, telah mengubah pendirian keluarga masing-masing yang mana sebelum ini ada yang menyokong Umno," katanya. Harakahdaily/-

Penduduk setempat di Sabah belasah pengundi ‘hantu’ Posted: 05 May 2013 02:48 AM PDT 24 Jamadil Akhir 1434 H. [MOD] - Lelaki ini ditahan polis selepas beberapa pengundi di Moyog mensyakinnya sebagai pengundi "hantu". — Gambar oleh Borneo Insider KUALA LUMPUR — Penduduk setempat di Penampang, Sabah telah membelasah cubaan pengundi "hantu" yang cuba mengundi pada pilihan raya umum ke-13 (PRU13) yang diadakan hari ini. Dalam Laporan yang dihantar saksi ditempat kejadian, insiden belasah tersebut berlaku di Inobong, manakala dalam satu insiden berasingan di Moyog, kerusi dewan undangan negeri (DUN di Parlimen Penampang pula pengundi "hantu" dikatakan telah ditahan anggota polis hasil aduan penduduk tempatan. Disamping itu, beberapa pengundi dalam keadaan mencurigakan turut dikesan penyokong PKR yang membuat pemantauan di Sekolah Chung Hwa, namun apabila didekat mereka cuba melarikan diri dan didapati tergesa-gesa semasa mengundi di pusat pengundiaan. Pihak polis walaubagaimanapun tidak membuat sebarang pengesahan tentang dua pengundi "hantu" yang ditahan pada awal tadi di Inobong dan Moyog. Dalam perkembangan terkini, Pengerusi Barisan Nasional (BN) Datuk Seri Najib Razak menafikan penglibatan terhadap tuduhan pengundi "hantu" pagi tadi. Perdana menteri sementara yang mengetuai gabungan pemerintah itu dalam pilihan raya paling sengit dalam sejarah menulis di akaun Twitternya @najibrazak BN komited untuk pilihan raya adil. "Pertuduhan mengatakan parti mesra BN membawa pekerja asing untuk mengundi adalah tidak benar. Kami komited untuk pilihan raya adil," tulis beliau. Semalam, Timbalan Ketua Polis Negara Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar dalam sidang media juga berkata pihak polis akan memastikan tiada pengundi hantu atau warga asing mengundi pada Pilihan Raya 2013. "Pihak polis menggesa pihak yang membuat fitnah mengatakan orang asing boleh mengundi agar hentikannya ... ia adalah suatu perkara yang mustahil akan berlaku. "Polis dan Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya akan pastikan perkara ini tidak berlaku," kata Khalid di Bukit Aman semalam. Kumpulan Asalkan Bukan Umno (ABU) juga telah memasang kain rentang di seluruh semenanjung Malaysia yang memberikan amaran kepada warga asing supaya tidak mengundi pada Pilihan Raya 2013, mengancam mereka akan diserahkan kepada pihak polis jika berdegil. Hampir 28 peratus daripada penduduk Sabah merupakan warga asing, berjumlah kira-kira 889,000 orang, rakyat asing yang kebanyakkannya datang dari Filipina dan Indonesia. Suruhanjaya Siasatan Diraja (RCI) berkenaan pendatang haram di Sabah, yang bermula Januari lalu mendedahkan testimoni rakyat Filipina dan warga asing lain tentang bagaimana mereka menerima kad pengenalan biru dalam masa beberapa tahun selepas tiba di Sabah dan mengundi dalam pilihan raya. The Malaysian Insider/-

Helikopter terbalik, Hishammuddin dan keluarga selamat Posted: 05 May 2013 02:45 AM PDT 24 Jamadil Akhir 1434 H. [MOD] - KUALA LUMPUR — Menteri Dalam Negeri Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein bersama keluarga terselamat selepas helikopter yang mereka naiki terbalik akibat angin kencang di Pangkalan Udara Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia, Sungai Besi hari ini.  Ketua Polis Negara Tan Sri Ismail Omar yang mengesahkan kejadian itu dalam sidang media di Bukit Aman di sini, berkata kesemua mereka iaitu isteri, anak dan menantu Hishammuddin selamat tanpa mengalami sebarang kecederaan dalam kejadian tengah hari ini. Beliau berkata helikopter sewa milik syarikat swasta itu terbalik selepas mendarat berikutan angin kencang melanda kawasan itu. "Hishammuddin menaiki pesawat itu untuk datang ke Kuala Lumpur setelah pulang mengundi di Johor," katanya yang enggan mengulas lanjut mengenai kejadian itu.Hishammuddin bertanding mempertahankan kerusi Parlimen Sembrong, Johor, pada pilihan raya umum ke-13.  — Bernama

Pengundian selesai, undi mula dikira Posted: 05 May 2013 02:42 AM PDT 24 Jamadil Akhir 1434 H. [MOD] - SHAH ALAM - Proses pengundian Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13 (PRU13) - yang dilihat sebagai 'ibu kepada segala pilihan raya' sudah selesai sebentar tadi. Kini proses pengiraan sedang berlangsung. Proses pengundian ditutup pada jam 5 petang. Pertandingan melibatkan kesemua 222 kerusi Parlimen dan 505 kerusi Dewan Undangan Negeri. Sejumlah 8,245 pusat pengundian dibuka pada pukul 8 pagi di seluruh negara bagi membolehkan 12,885,434 pemilih untuk mengundi.     Dua pusat mengundi bagi dewan undangan negeri (Dun) Tungku, di daerah Tanjung Labian dan Tambisan, dan satu lagi di kawasan Dun Lahad Datu, di daerah Sakar, Sabah, ditutup pada pukul 3 petang.     Pengiraan undi dijangka bermula pada pukul 5.30 petang diikuti dengan proses penjumlahan undi selepas itu.     Keputusan pertama dijangka diketahui pada kira-kira pukul 7.30 malam.  - Bernama

Azmin: Dakwat mudah tanggal, dedah kepada penipuan Posted: 05 May 2013 01:12 AM PDT 24 Jamadil Akhir 1434 H. [MOD] - Pengundi kerusi Parlimen Lembah Pantai (dari kiri) Murni Mohamed Onn, Dharmendran dan Azman Hasim menunjukkan jari dicalit dengan dakwat kekal, hari ini. - Foto Bernama GOMBAK - "Ramai yang berjumpa saya dan menunjukkan bukti dakwat ini tidak kekal." Demikian dakwaan calon Parlimen Gombak, Mohamed Azmin Ali ketika ditemui selepas membuang undi di SK Klang Gate di sini. "Di semua pusat pembuangan undi, mereka terkejut, apabila cuci dengan air biasa pun dakwat ini hilang," ujar beliau. "Ini akan mendedahkan kepada penipuan yang mungkin berlaku," tambah beliau lagi. Menurut Azmin, beliau sudah mengarahkan petugas-petugas Pakatan Rakyat (PR) membuat laporan polis berhubung perkara itu. Azmin yang juga calon bagi kawasan Dun Bukit Antarabangsa turut  melahirkan kekesalan terhadap Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) yang tidak prihatin terhadap pertambahan bilangan pengundi di kawasannya. Jumlah saluran mengundi di pusat-pusat pembuangan undi yang disediakan tidak mampu menampung jumlah pemilih berdaftar, dakwa beliau. "Jumlah pengundi di Gombak ini besar, tahun 2008 pengundi hanya 99 ribu, kali ini ada 123,000. "Sewajarnya SPR telah mengambil langkah-langkah yang perlu untuk memastikan proses pengundian berjalan baik dan lancar," tegas beliau. Sinar/-

Idham Lim mohon doa restu ibu mertua dan tunaikan amanah Posted: 05 May 2013 01:10 AM PDT 24 Jamadil Akhir 1434 H. [MOD] - PARIT BUNTAR: Calon Parlimen Kuala Kangsar yang juga mantan ADUN Titi Serong telah menunailkan amanah sebagai pengundi bersama isterinya. Mereka berdua telah hadir di Sekolah Menengah Agama Al Falah Parit Tok Ngah di sini  sekitar jam 8.15 pagi dan meninggalkan pusat pembuangan undi itu sekitar 15 minit  kemudian. Sebelum itu Drs. Khalil sempat balik menziarahi ibu mertuanya di kampung yang sama bagi memohon doa dan restu.

Karpal 'protes' dakwat kekal ‘hilang’ dalam 2 jam Posted: 05 May 2013 01:04 AM PDT 24 Jamadil Akhir 1434 H. [MOD] - Karpal GEORGETOWN - Kerana tidak berpuas hati dengan dakwat kekal yang didakwanya hilang setelah dicuci, Pengerusi DAP, Karpal Singh berpatah balik ke pusat pembuangan undi di Penang Free School untuk mendapatkan penjelasan berhubung perkara itu. Karpal pada mulanya tiba di pusat itu pada jam 9.15 pagi bersama isteri, Gurmit Kaur; anak perempuannya, Sangeet Kaur dan beberapa pengiring termasuk calon DAP Seri Delima, RSN Rayer untuk membuang undi. Beliau tiba dengan menaiki sebuah kereta dan turut diiringi dengan dua buah kereta lain yang mana ketiga-tiganya memaparkan logo serta bendera parti. Karpal kemudiannya memasuki bilik mengundi sambil diiringi Gurmit dan Sangeet untuk membuang undi. Karpal kemudiannya meminta petugas SPR supaya meletakkan 10 kertas undi bagi beliau memilih sendiri dan bukannya diberikan oleh petugas yang bertugas di situ. Karpal sempat meminta SPR melakukan perkara sama kepada semua pengundi kerana ia termaktub di bawah undang-undang di bawah Perkara 19(5A) dan 5(B) Akta Pilhan Raya 1981. Pada satu sidang medianya, Karpal berkata, pengundi berhak untuk menuntut serta memilih kertas undi secara rawak untuk membuang undi. Ketika mengadakan sidang media, Karpal diminta polis untuk mengalihkan ketiga-tiga keretanya berikutan ia berunsurkan kempen berikutan memaparkan logo serta bendera parti. Karpal kemudiannya meninggalkan pusat mengundi itu kira-kira jam 9.45 pagi. Kira-kira 11.30 pagi, keadaan di pusat mengundi itu kecoh apabila Karpal dilihat kembali dengan diiringi beberapa pengiring termasuk Rayer namun tanpa isteri dan anaknya. Sambil menunjukkan jari telunjuk kirinya, Karpal berkata, kehadirannya itu adalah untuk mendapatkan penjelasan daripada SPR berhubung dakwat yang disapu di jarinya, yang telah hilang, setelah dicuci dengan menggunakan air dan sabun. Menurutnya, beliau mahukan penjelasan daripada SPR berhubung isu itu kerana mendakwa ia tidak telus serta satu usaha untuk menipu rakyat. "Saya mahukan mereka beri penjelasan kepada saya, mengapa ini (dakwat hilang setelah dicuci) berlaku sedangkan SPR sebelum ini berkata, dakwat ini akan kekal selama tiga hari. "Saya juga ingin meminta sampel dakwat yang mereka gunakan untuk dibuat kajian. Saya juga akan buat laporan polis selepas ini," katanya. Sementara itu, Pengarah SPR negeri,Morat Pora ketika dihubungi berkata, pihaknya tidak akan hadir untuk bertemu serta memberi penjelasan kepada Karpal berhubung perkara itu. "Kita tidak akan hadir untuk bertemu dengannya, jika beliau tidak berpuas hati, beliau boleh teruskan niatnya untuk membuat laporan polis. "Kita tidak akan memberi sebarang sampel dakwat kepada sesiapa pun, ia prosedur, perlu dipatuhi," katanya. Karpal kemudiannya dilihat bergerak meninggalkan pusat pembuangan undi itu setelah membuat laporan kepada Ketua Pusat Mengundi, Ismail Pawanteh. Menurutnya, beliau tidak akan membuat laporan polis berikutan sudah membuat laporan kepada SPR selain mengatakan kes itu di bawah tanggungjawab SPR. Sinar/-

PRU13: Pengundi sempat mengundi tetapi meninggal dunia akibat sakit jantung Posted: 04 May 2013 11:36 PM PDT 24 Jamadil Akhir 1434 H. [MOD] - ALOR SETAR: Seorang lelaki warga emas sempat mengundi di Sekolah Kebangsaan Kubang Rotan, Kuala Kedah pagi tadi sebelum diserang penyakit jantung dan meninggal dunia kira-kira jam 12 tengah hari tadi.  Mangsa, Mat Cha, 70-an, mengadu sakit dada selepas pulang mengundi sebaik tiba di rumahnya di Kampung Hilir Tandop Kuala Kedah.  Berita Harian/-

Kamilia Keluar Buang Undi Ditemani Anak-Anak, Rasa 'Lebih Bebas' Posted: 04 May 2013 11:27 PM PDT 24 Jamadil Akhir 1434 H. [MOD] - Kamilia menunjukkan jarinya yang telah ditanda dengan dakwat kekal sebelum beliau membuang undi di Sekolah Kebangsaan Ulu Piul, Kuala Kangsar, Ahad. KUALA KANGSAR: Datuk Kamilia Ibrahim yang bertanding atas tiket Bebas di Parlimen Kuala Kangsar menyifatkan pengundiannya kali ini sebagai 'lebih bebas'. Beliau berkata sudah sampai masanya beliau memasuki fasa senario politik tanpa perlu terikat dengan ideologi atau dasar-dasar yang ditentukan parti. "Pada hari ini saya bebas untuk berfikir secara individu untuk negara. "Saya mahu berkhidmat secara bebas untuk negara dan menentukan yang terbaik untuk rakyat tanpa sebarang unsur rasuah, kroni dan halangan hanya kerana parti dan janji pilihan raya," katanya kepada mStar Online ketika hadir membuang undi di Sekolah Kebangsaan Ulu Piul, dekat sini, Ahad. Kamilia, bekas naib ketua Pergerakan Wanita Umno tiba bersama enam anaknya dan beberapa penyokong kira-kira pukul 9.40 pagi. Beliau bagaimanapun sedikit kecewa kerana tidak dapat menjadi pengundi pertama. "Saya rancang mahu jadi pengundi pertama di sini tetapi anak-anak saya semua mahu menemani saya dan akhirnya saya terlepas peluang itu," katanya. Menurut Kamilia beliau berasa selesa bertanding pada kali ini setelah 30 tahun berpolitik dengan parti. Jelasnya, keadaannya sekarang membolehkan beliau melihat situasi politik negara dengan lebih terbuka. "Melalui kempen saya dapat bertemu dengan kumpulan masyarakat yang sebelum ini tidak pernah saya temui. "Saya dapat bertemu golongan yang menolak fahaman kedua-dua parti (Barisan Nasional dan pembangkang)," katanya. Mengenai peluangnya untuk menang, beliau berkata ia bergantung kepada pilihan dan kehendak rakyat yang akhirnya ditentukan Allah. "Saya terima apa sahaja keputusannya kerana ia menunjukkan apa yang dimahukan rakyat," katanya. Katanya, apa yang pasti beliau akan bertanding dan menjadi pemimpin yang jujur, ikhlas dan berintegriti jika dipilih rakyat dengan memberi fokus kepada perjuangan untuk kaum wanita. Kamilia berkata beliau melihat apa yang berlaku kepada dirinya sebagai hikmah yang membolehkan beliau sedar dan mempelajari seuatu. "George Washington pernah berkata dalam negara demokrasi kita tidak boleh terlalu taksub dengan sesuatu parti kerana kalau kita taksub kita tidak akan nampak keburukan parti itu," katanya. Kamilia berkata belum pasti untuk mendengar keputusan pilihan raya malam ini sama ada melalui televisyen atau saluran lain. mStar/-

PRU13: Warga tua meninggal dunia di pusat mengundi di Perak Posted: 04 May 2013 11:23 PM PDT 24 Jamadil Akhir 1434 H. [MOD] - IPOH: Seorang warga tua, V Selvaraju, 56, meninggal dunia di pusat mengundi di Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Tamil (SJKT) Simee, di sini, jam 12 tengah hari tadi.  Lelaki itu dikatakan mengadu berasa tidak selesa lalu berbaring sebelum disahkan meninggal dunia.  Berita Harian/-

SPR: Hampir 60 peratus mengundi sehingga jam 12 tengah hari Posted: 04 May 2013 11:17 PM PDT 24 Jamadil Akhir 1434 H. [MOD] - Seorang penyokong PAS membantu sekumpulan kanak-kanak memakai baju dengan lambang Barisan Nasional melintas Jalan Muda Abduk Aziz, Kampung Baru 5 Mei, 2013. — Gambar oleh Choo Choo May PUTRAJAYA – 7,600,499 atau 58.99 peratus rakyat Malaysia telah mengundi dalam Pilihan Raya 2013 hari ini sehingga jam 12 tengah hari tadi. Menurut Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof, jika ditambah dengan pengundian awal oleh anggota tentera dan polis serta pasangan masing-masing, jumlah keseluruhan yang sudah mengundi sehingga jam 12 tengah hari tadi adalah 7,916,703 ataupun 59.67 peratus pengundi. Sebelum ini SPR mengatakan terdapat 13,268,002 pengundi layak mengundi, termasuk 12,992,661 pengundi biasa, 161,251 anggota tentera dan pasangan mereka, 111,136 anggota polis dan pasangan mereka serta 2,954 pengundi tidak hadir. Selangor mencatat 58.96 peratus atau 1.2 juta daripada 2.03 juta pengundi di negeri itu. Di Negeri Sembilan setakat 1 tengah hari mencatat 58.35 peratus daripada 555,982 pengundi manakala di Melaka setakat 12 tengah hari mencatat 40 peratus daripada keseluruhan 424,519 pengundi berdaftar. Di Perak, SPR negeri melaporkan sebanyak 30 peratus daripada 1.36 juta pengundi telah keluar mengundi setakat pukul 11 pagi. Di Pahang, seramai 29.44 peratus atau 216,681 pengundi daripada sejumlah 736,111 pengundi juga telah mengundi sehingga 11 pagi. Kelantan pula mencatat 13.19 peratus daripada sejumlah 918,573 pengundi sehingga 11.30 pagi. Sementara itu, pusat pengundian di kawasan terpencil di Sabah iaitu di Kampung Mangkasulap, Beluran dan beberapa tempat di Penampang dan Kudat ditutup pada pukul 11 pagi. The Malaysian Insider/-

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• Malaysia votes in ‘day of reckoning’
• BN faces fight of its life in this general election
• PKR foils dubious voter in Pandan, report lodged
• A message to all Malaysians
• ‘You have to be prepared for a long battle’: The second coming of Anwar Ibrahim

Malaysia votes in ‘day of reckoning’ Posted: 04 May 2013 11:18 PM PDT Al Jazeera Long lines and police on full alert as polarised nation votes in general elections cast as too close to call.   Malaysians are voting in elections that could see the coalition ousted after nearly 56 years in power [Reuters]   Voters have braved long lines in Malaysia to take part in a historic general election that is widely expected to go down to the wire. Voting began at 8am local time [0000 GMT] at more than 8,200 polling centres across the country after a last-ditch campaign frenzy that went until the stroke of midnight. Polling stations close at 5pm [0900 GMT] on Sunday, with results expected to emerge within hours. The run-up to the election has polarised the nation of 28m people, with the powerful ruling coalition, led by Prime Minister Najib Razak, facing off against a revitalised opposition, led by Anwar Ibrahim, looking to unseat its rival for the first time since independence from Britain in 1957. A massive front-page headline on The Star newspaper proclaimed a "Day of Reckoning". The newspaper reported that bus and train terminals were swamped with voters traveling to their home districts to cast ballots. "This election is crucial for the country. This is the first time there has been such a narrow margin. It's the first time that citizens are being heard by both sides. We are moving towards democracy," Shanaz Zain, 35, told Al Jazeera after casting his vote. There are 13.3m registered voters in Malaysia. ‘We will be vigilant’ Both sides have expressed confidence in the outcome, but unofficial opinion polls have put the overall results as too close to call. "It's fifty-fifty right now, nobody knows what will happen," said Frankie Gan Joon Zin, a candidate for the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition in Kuala Lumpur's tourist and nightlife district of Bukit Bintang. The streets of the capital, even in Gan's usually bustling area, were quiet and security presence was light despite the bitter campaign marked by allegations of election fraud and hundreds of reports of violence by rights groups. Some voters have complained of fading indelible ink [AFP]   Police have banned all victory parades and street demonstrations after the results are announced. "We are on full alert to prevent any disturbances from happening, and all policemen have been ordered to maintain law and order at polling stations," Khalid Abu Baker, deputy inspector general of police, toldThe Star newspaper. The opposition has already warned of a disputed result and has accused the ruling coalition of flying in tens of thousands of foreigners from South Asia to tip the balance in hard-fought constituencies. The government said it had arranged some incoming flights, but said they were part of a voter-turnout drive. Meanwhile, some voters have complained of fading indelible ink. The non-removable ink is being used for the time, but many have said using detergent or bleach can remove marks on fingertips, meaning voters could cast ballots more than once. “I wash it with Dettol and the ink all came off, it should not come off according to the authority,” said Tan, a voter. “It’s not a problem for me, but what I think, there will be a lot of fraud will be perpetrated as a result of this removal of the ink.” However, Ahmed Omar, deputy chariman of the election commission, said that “no fraud is possible” because “names only register once.” Night rally At a rally last night, Anwar told supporters: "I warn the Election Commission and the government again that the people will not tolerate any electoral fraud. We will be vigilant of all suspicious activities.” The 13-party ruling coalition, led by Razak, is banking on robust economic growth, averaging around 5 percent annually, and fears of instability brought on by a possible transfer of power. It has painted the opposition as fractious and pro-Islamic. The three-party opposition, known as Pakatan Rakyat, has campaigned against corruption and vowed to roll-back a decades old quota system that favours ethnic Malays in schools, business contracts and civil service jobs. "We've waited five years for this moment. I don't mind waiting a little longer," a voter who identified himself as Gary R, told Al Jazeera. "The old world has to give way to the new." On Sunday, Prime Minister Razak voted in his hometown Pekan, Pahang state, 240km east of the capital Kuala Lumpur, and opposition leader Ibrahim in his hometown Permatang Pauh, Penang state, northern Malaysia.

BN faces fight of its life in this general election Posted: 04 May 2013 11:08 PM PDT Malaysiakini Malaysians vote on Sunday in an election that could weaken or even end the rule of one of the world’s longest-lived coalitions, which faces a stiff challenge from an opposition pledging to clean up politics and end race-based policies. Led by former finance minister Anwar Ibrahim, the opposition is aiming to build on startling electoral gains in 2008, when the Barisan Nasional (BN) ruling coalition lost its customary two-thirds parliamentary majority. The historic result signalled a breakdown in traditional politics as minority ethnic Chinese and ethnic Indians, as well as many majority Malays, rejected the National Front’s brand of race-based patronage that has ensured stability in the Southeast Asian nation but led to corruption and widening inequality. Under Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, the blue-blood son of a former leader, the coalition has tried to win over a growing middle class with social reforms and secure traditional voters with a $2.6 billion deluge of cash handouts to poor families. He can point to robust growth of 5.6 percent last year as evidence that his Economic Transformation Program to double incomes by 2020 is bearing fruit, while warning that the untested three-party opposition would spark economic ruin. Najib, who is personally more popular than his party, has had some success in steadying the ship since he was installed as head of the dominant United Malays National Organisation (Umno) in 2009. Formidable advantages such as the coalition’s control of mainstream media, its deep pockets and a skewed electoral system make it the clear favourite. But opinion polls suggest a tightening race that could further reduce the coalition’s majority and lead the opposition to dispute the result over claims of election fraud. The opposition alliance has been buoyed by unusually large, enthusiastic turnouts at campaign rallies in recent days. It says its “X factor” may be a surge in young, first-time voters who are more likely to be attracted to its call for change after 56 years of rule by the BN coalition. “The momentum is far greater in 2013,” Nurul Izzah, Anwar’s daughter and an opposition member of parliament, said at a meeting with journalists and foreign diplomats on Friday. “I’ve never enjoyed so much support everywhere. That’s our only hope, to ensure a good turnout.” A failure to improve on 2008′s performance, when the BN won 140 seats in the 222-seat parliament, could threaten Najib’s position and his reform programme. Conservative forces in Umno, unhappy with his tentative efforts to roll back affirmative action policies favouring ethnic Malays, are waiting in the wings to challenge his leadership. Anwar’s last stand? The election represents possibly the last chance to lead Malaysia for Anwar, a former rising UMNO star who was sacked and jailed for six years in 1998 following a feud with then prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, who remains an influential figure. The 65-year-old former deputy prime minister says his corruption and sodomy conviction was trumped up. He received a new lease on political life last year when a court acquitted him of a second sodomy charge. His alliance, which includes an awkward partnership between a secular ethnic Chinese party with an Islamist party, is riding a growing trend of civil-society activism, which has been most evident in a series of big street protests in recent years calling for reform of the electoral system. A clumsy police response to a rally in 2011 led Najib to roll back draconian colonial-era security laws, though critics say he did not go far enough and demands for electoral reform have not been fully addressed. A narrow victory for the ruling coalition on Sunday would almost certainly spark opposition complaints of voter fraud, which could spill over in street protests. Anwar has accused the coalition of flying up to 40,000 “dubious” voters across the country to vote in close races. The opposition, which can present a viable alternative from its record of governing in four states it took over in 2008, is running on a platform of transparency and integrity, saying it will break down an entrenched network of patronage that has grown up between UMNO and favoured business tycoons. It pledges to replace policies favouring ethnic Malays in housing, business and education with needs-based assistance. It can bank on ethnic Chinese voters, who make up about 25 percent of Malaysians and who abandoned the ruling BN coalition in 2008. Maintaining its momentum among ethnic Malay voters may be more difficult amid warnings from the BN that they would be at risk from Chinese economic domination if the opposition won. “We’ve seen a consolidation of Chinese support. I think the question for us to a large extent is how the silent majority of Malay voters will go,” said Ong Kian Ming, who is running for a seat in an ethnically diverse constituency near Kuala Lumpur. - Reuters

PKR foils dubious voter in Pandan, report lodged Posted: 04 May 2013 11:04 PM PDT Malaysiakini A dubious voter in Pandan, Selangor, was turned away from the polling station after PKR polling agents objected, PKR Pandan candidate Rafizi Ramli (below) said. He said Pandan voter Seok Leong Yew alerted his team to the dubious voter, whose registered address was the same as Seok’s. "We have circulated all the suspicious IC numbers to our polling agents. So as soon as the polling clerk read out his IC number, our polling agent objected. "Since our agents objected (to the dubious voter), he left without voting. We could not to stop him," Rafizi told a press conference outside the Ampang district police headquarters before going inside to lodge a police report over the matter. The incident was reported taking place at the polling centre at a Taman Dagang religious school. Accompanying him to lodge the report is Seok and another Pandan voter Sivaprakasam Kuruppiah, who also found out today that there are unknown voters registered at his residential address. Letters addressed to ‘phantoms’ Seok told reporters that he found six hand-delivered slips in his mailbox at 9am today when he returned home from voting, which instructs each Pandan voter in the household which polling station and polling stream to go to. However he did not recognise four of the six addressees, and claims he has lived at the address since the house's completion 25 years ago and had never rented it out or sold it. Meanwhile, Sivaprakasam said he had received three of the instruction slips, but did not recognise two of them, which were Chinese names. He and his family, all Indians, have similarly occupied the house continuously for 14 years since it was completed. While not ruling out the possibility of clerical error on the Election Commission's (EC) part, Rafizi expressed concern that they could also be phantom voters, especially in view of fresh complaints that the indelible ink meant to deter such fraud have been widely reported by voters to be completely washable. "Let's see what the EC has to say. What is important is that we are making a police report so that the police can summon these people and the EC can do the rest of the work. "I am sure the EC will have a good reason for this," he said. Not detaining phantoms Rafizi added that although the instruction slips had BN's logo on them, the information is identical with that on the EC's database that PKR also uses. Rafizi added that to avoid any untoward incidents, he has instructed his election workers not to detain the alleged dubious voters, but only to take photographs of the voter and their IC to facilitate investigations later. “I am concerned that if we detain them for long, the issue of phantom voters would be buried if it escalates into violence, since our workers have no legal standing to detain them. “The important issue now is about phantom voters, and I don’t want to risk a confrontation,” he said. In Cheras, DAP incumbent Tan Kok Wai said voters at Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Segar caught a suspicious foreign-looking man who tried to vote at 9am. Tan said the suspect produced his MyKad to prove that he is a Malaysian, but a member of the public said he does not believe him and handed the man to the police. “However, a few men tried to intervene and insisted that the suspect be allowed to vote. I arrived at the scene and saw the suspect being taken to the polling centre to vote,” Tan said. “However, the hundreds of voters there shouted “hantu, hantu” (phantom, phantom) and the suspect felt overwhelmed by the angry voters and left the centre without casting his vote,” Tan said. His party workers, he added, were monitoring the situation. Video clips and pictures of the incident have gone viral on the Internet.

A message to all Malaysians Posted: 04 May 2013 10:04 AM PDT   We Malaysians stand today on the brink of history. We have reached the final day of a historic campaign that will change our country forever. Throughout Malaysia, we have seen hundreds of thousands of people of all ethnicities come to our ceramahs. The response in frontline states such as Johor, Sabah and Sarawak, the heartland and fortresses of Umno and Barisan Nasional, has been tremendous and inspiring. To the rakyat and supporters of Pakatan Rakyat, we thank you for your faith, your courage, and your committment. This is a campaign built on the millions of small and large sacrifices that you have all made. It humbles me and all leaders in Pakatan Rakyat. Sunday's election will mark the decisive step in an amazing, peaceful, democratic revolution that will take Malaysia into a new era. Let us go out to vote in strength on Sunday for candidates in Keadilan, PAS and DAP. A few instructions that will help us win:  Encourage all your friends, family and neighbours to cast their ballots because every vote counts Know where your polling station is. Double and triple check your voting status. Plan a route to the polling station and do consider traffic Vote as early in the day as possible. Polling starts at 8 AM and an early vote helps us to defend against voter fraud Do not be intimidated by those who try to scare or threaten you, we are here to defend the rights of all Malaysians Believe that your vote will change the future of our country and when you check the box on your ballot your act will be written into the history of Malaysia In preparation for our first few months of government, I am releasing a Pakatan Rakyat Roadmap outlining key actions that we will undertake in order to fulfill our manifesto promises. As I have always emphasized, the focus of this roadmap must be pro-rakyat  and consist of measures that will have both immediate impact, and long-term benefits. These are reforms that BN has never dared to implement, but Pakatan Rakyat has the courage to do so – reforms that will bring back a renaissance, a genuine merdeka and democracy to Malaysia. You can read the 100 Day Plan here at http://www.anwaribrahim.com/100days. Please share it with everyone who you know. I want assure all Malaysians not to fear. This transition will not only be historic, but also peaceful. Pakatan Rakyat's Security Advisory Council of former generals and police will help myself and other Pakatan Rakyat leaders through the process.   I warn the Election Commission again – the rakyat will not tolerate any electoral fraud. Be vigilant of all suspicious activities. We must ensure that only Malaysians will decide the fate of our nation, and Insyallah, we will succeed.   Our nation is a land of promise and fulfillment. Seize your destiny. Ini kali lah!   Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim May 4, 2013 PS We are making a huge push to get out the vote on Sunday. We still need your help to make it happen. If you have not given before, please consider a donation now. If you have given before, consider our success on Sunday the best return on investment possible.  Click here to donate: http://anwaribrahim.com/SplashPg/contribute?utm_source=EuropaEmail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=IniKaliLah%21

‘You have to be prepared for a long battle’: The second coming of Anwar Ibrahim Posted: 04 May 2013 09:56 AM PDT The Independent He rose to the top, then ended up in jail. Now Malaysia's opposition leader stands on the verge of a remarkable election victory He has been arrested and jailed and his reputation repeatedly dragged through the mud, but Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim believes his time has finally come. On Sunday, Malaysia goes to the polls in what experts have called the closest and most hotly contested election since the country secured independence from Britain 56 years ago. "All the surveys, including the government of Malaysia's, have shown we are leading," Mr Ibrahim told The Independent, speaking by phone from Kuala Lumpur. "But we have to take care to look for bias and fraud in the electoral process. We are appealing to the international community and the media to follow the election very closely." The 65-year-old heads the Pakatan Rakyat (People's Alliance) opposition coalition, which is trying to defeat the ruling Barisan Nasional (National Front) bloc, which has held power in Malaysia since 1957. He is doing so by highlighting alleged corruption, authoritarianism and laws that favour ethnic Malays over their Indian- and Chinese-origin countrymen and women. Since independence, the nation has emerged as a success story of economic growth and development (after a brief recession in 2009, its GDP is once again on the rise). It has also avoided the worst of the turmoil that has affected other countries in the region. But critics say it has done so at the cost of human rights, openness and freedom of expression. They also say corruption is rife. "It's such an authoritarian system. We need to transform the country into a vibrant democracy," said Mr Ibrahim. "There is no independent media, we have racist policies. We need to have a more transparent system that recognises the value of all relationships, irrespective of race." The veteran opposition leader has been speaking at rallies across the country at which he highlights what he says is widespread nepotism within the government, headed by the British-educated Prime Minister, Najib Razak. He believes the mood in the country suggests the public is ready to back him and he talks of a "Malaysian spring". He has also been making repeated claims that the ruling party is engaged in efforts to rig the election; earlier this week he issued a statement claiming the Prime Minister's office was hiring charter planes to fly in up to 40,000 "ghost voters" from its strongholds to vote in close races elsewhere in the country. A government spokesperson did not respond to The Independent's request for a comment. Beating the National Front coalition is no easy matter for Mr Ibrahim. It holds 135 of the parliament's 222 seats, compared with the 75 held by Mr Ibrahim; and ahead of the elections, Mr Razak, the son of one of Malaysia's founding fathers, has also introduced a series of populist measures designed to win votes. Agence France-Presse recently reported that Mr Razak is also motivated by the knowledge that if he loses the contest, he will likely face a leadership challenge within his own party, the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO). Opinion polls last month suggested the race was too close to call, or else gave a narrow edge to the ruling party. But a survey published last week, conducted by the University of Malaya's Centre for Democracy and Elections, suggested the opposition was slightly in the lead. Should Mr Ibrahim achieve victory, it would represent a remarkable turn-around. In the early 1990s, the son of a hospital porter rose through the ranks of one of the ruling National Front parties to be the protégé of Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad. Widely hailed in the West as a reformist, Mr Ibrahim held a series of government portfolios, including the finance ministry, before being appointed deputy prime minister in 1998. But the two men, who had been described as being like father and son, fell out over Mr Ibrahim's repeated calls for reform. Sacked from office, he was then accused of sodomy, which remains a crime in Malaysia. The allegations were contained within a book – 50 Reasons Why Anwar Cannot Become Prime Minister – written by the editor of a government-controlled newspaper. Despite many seeing them as politically motivated, Mr Ibrahim spent six years in jail. He was released in 2004. In 2008, the opposition leader challenged the government at the polls, for the first time threatening its simple majority. In the aftermath of that election, fresh allegations of sodomy were made, this time by a former aide. Mr Ibrahim again insisted he was innocent, and in January 2012, following a trial that lasted two years, he was acquitted. The opposition leader said the time he spent in jail had not been easy. "After I was released in 2004, I was invited by Nelson Mandela to spend time in Johannesburg," he said. "I joked that my release had been a 'short walk to freedom' [a reference to the title of Mr Mandela's autobiography]. We have faith and conviction that the country can be freed from authoritarian rule and the economy can be changed to serve the country and the masses. "Of course, at times, during solitary confinement you think about your wife and family," he said. "And you think that there might be other options and the political leadership might be more open too. But the fact is that if you want to dismantle a country's system, they are not going to give up power easily. You have to be prepared – it's a long battle." Dr Mohamed Nawab Mohamed Osman, head of the Malaysia programme at Singapore's S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, said he believed Mr Ibrahim could tap into growing public dissatisfaction about corruption and "crony capitalism". He said his coalition would also draw support from ethnic Indians and Chinese fed up with what they see as inequalities, such as reservation of university places for ethnic Malays. And yet, he said, should Mr Ibrahim lead the opposition coalition to victory at the weekend, it would represent nothing less than a remarkable achievement. "To come back once from a political death is remarkable, but to come back two times would be a feat very few leaders have achieved," he said. "It's amazing. No one would have thought that prior to 2008, Anwar Ibrahim could be the next prime minister of the country."

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