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Archive for August, 2008

Swearing

In Permatang Pauh, UMNO campaignhe sodomy issue. As we all know, Saifur Bukhari sworn in a Kuala Lumpur mosque a day before the nomination of Permatang Pauh By-election.
Saifur claimed that his motive was not related to the by-election. However Saifur’s swearing (“sumpah”) in the name of the religion was the main weapon for BN. BN [...]

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The landslide victory for Anwar in the Permatang Pauh by-election is a new landmark for Malaysia’s democracy.
In my operation center in Samagagah town, from 18:00hr onward, people gathered to wait for the result. We setup projector and a screen to provide the updates as the result flowing in.
In less than an hour, the picture was [...]

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Unofficial result-Anwar get 17,652 majority.
Datuk Seri Anwar garnered 31,949 votes to win by a BIG majority of 17,652 votes, beating Ariff Shah of BN, who received only  14,297 votes.

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Today is polling day in Permatang Pauh ,  the first election after 8 Mrach 2008 general election,  the contest is among Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Arif Shah Omar Shah(BN) and Hanafi Hamat from AKIM.
Today is also the most important day to whole Malaysian, the day for DSAI to get back into parliament.  This has been Anwar’s fort since 1982 and the seat has been [...]

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I have written a piece for Watan in its first print this week, with the hope that Watan not only revives its critical reporting and analysis feature back in the 1980s, but could be even spicier in the country’s current political climate.
Watan to hit the streets Saturday
By LOONG MENG YEE
KUALA LUMPUR: Watan, one of the [...]

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Anwar: We Are Ready


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Briefing at PKR Head Quarters after Anwar’s Press Conference at Merchant Squares on 06 Aug 08
Tian condemned the Election Commission’s decision to hold the vote on a Tuesday instead of on the weekend, this is deliberate action to inconvenicence the voters and subsequently reduce the turnout.
Tian also called supporters to gather at Jalan Duta Court at [...]

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