Malaysians Rally Against Vote & Fraud
Published on May 9, 2013 by Luke Hunt
More than 50,000 black-clad supporters of Malaysia’s opposition defied a police threat they would be arrested to attend a rally to protest against the outcome of the country’s fraud-marred elections. The crowd roared with approval when opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim told them he would expose the cheating that he said cost them an election win.Read more from Lindsay Murdoch at Fairfax Media. .
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Malaysians Braced for Election and its Aftermath
Published on May 2, 2013 by Luke Hunt
Malaysians are widely expected to elect Prime Minister Najib Razak to another term in office when they go to the polls on Sunday, but any victory will fall far short of a ringing endorsement and could herald trouble ahead.Najib’s United Malays National Organization (UMNO) – the pro-Malay lead political party in the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition – has never been as unpopular as it is going into this election, according to analysts, who have pointed out that an absence of independent and reliable opinion polls makes forecasting difficult.Read more from Luke Hunt in The Diplomat. .
Dirty Tricks on Malaysia’s Campaign Trail
Published on Apr 17, 2013 by Luke Hunt
Allegations of dirty tricks have emerged in the campaigns for the May 5 Malaysian elections after a number of websites were hacked and broadcasts by radio stations were apparently jammed.Websites belonging to Radio Free Malaysia, Radio Free Sarawak and the news portal Sarawak Report, among others, were subjected to DDOS (distributed denial of service) attacks, which editors blamed on the Malaysian government.Read more from Luke Hunt in The Diplomat..
Sultan says Not Leaving Sabah
Published on Mar 18, 2013 by Luke Hunt
Followers of Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III are not withdrawing from Sabah, and he has instructed them to conduct guerrilla warfare against Malaysian forces.Read more from Perseus Echeminada at The Philippine Star..
Saving Malaysia’s Last Great Rainforests
Published on Feb 12, 2013 by Luke Hunt
Environmentalists have fought a dogged battle with Malaysian politicians and big business interests in recent years. Results, however, have been mixed, as much of the country’s rainforests have been lost to the planting of palm oil and rubber plantations. With an election due, campaigners hope to put the environment, and the damage it has endured, back on the political agenda.This intention to revive debate about environmental issues was made clear by Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim at a recent rally in Kuala Lumpur. The rally was attended by tens of thousands of supporters who were calling for an end to government corruption and a serious effort to clean up the country’s environment.Read more in The Diplomat. .
