Voter claims BN campaigners gave him money

Posted on April 15, 2011 by malaysiakinicom

S’WAK POLLS Four people he believes are BN workers call at his house with a slip on his voting details, a BN poster and two RM10 notes.

A voter has claimed that he received RM20 from BN campaigners who visited his house at Kampung Baru Sri Aman in the Lingga state constituency this afternoon.
The male Malay voter, who asked not to be named, showed Malaysiakini the money stapled to a slip of paper that showed his voting details.
He claimed that four Malays – two males and two females believed to be BN campaigners – were doing house-to-house visits in the village around 4pm today.
At his house, they called on the family members to vote for BN and then handed over slip with his voter registration details, stapled with two RM10 notes, a small piece of white paper printed with the BN symbol and a cross beside it, together with an A4-sized poster of the BN symbol, printed in colour.
His voting details included his name, IC number, polling district, polling station, polling stream, polling date and time.
Although the slip had no BN symbol, the print at the bottom stated that the publisher is the BN headquarters located on Jalan Bako, Kuching, and the printer, a company named Lee Miing Press Sdn Bhd, also located in Kuching.
The A4 poster, also published by the state BN headquarters, states the printer as Heng Sing Brothers Press, which is also Kuching-based.
“I’m considering lodging a police report. Vote-buying is a very serious offence during an election,” he told Malaysiakini.
Kampung Baru Sri Aman is located within the Lingga constituency, which is one of the 19 “black” seats identified by BN.
It is seeing a three-way fight among incumbent Simoi Peri (BN-PBB), Abang Ahmad Arabi Abang Bolhassan (PKR) and Abang Othman Abang Gom (SNAP).
Simoi, who had earlier announced that she would step down but was still fielded by BN, is said to be an “unpopular candidate”.
Malaysiakini has not been able to get her response on the alleged vote-buying.
The opposition parties have been claiming that this state election has been marred by rampant vote-buying, but Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin yesterday vehemently denied this.

SOURCE: http://malaysiakinicom.wordpress.com/2011/04/15/voter-claims-bn-campaigners-gave-him-money/#more-1317

Momentary chaos at DAP Kuching Rally

Chaos struck a DAP-organised rally in Kuching late this evening when the police stormed the stage to stop Sarawak DAP founder Chong Siew Chiang from speaking.

Supporters immediately formed a human shield to stop the police team led by Kuching OCPD Mun Kok Keong.

A tug of war between the DAP supporters and police took place for about a minute, threatening to get out of control - until the police ceased their push forward.

At one point, Mun came so close to Chong that his supporters moved in to keep the officer away from their leader.

The crowd grew livid, especially after riot police began to muscle their way to the stage.

Deafening chants of "Ubah" and "DAP" rang through the crowd, which became silent after one of the rally emcees urged them to calm down.

For reasons not stated, the police gave up on their mission and left the stage, much to the delight of the crowd.

As they were leaving, one of the emcees told the gathering that the organisers had obtained a permit for the event.

When he asked if the crowd would allow the police to stop the event, the response was a loud "No!"

At the time of writing, the rally is proceeding smoothly, with DAP chairperson Karpal Singh just arriving.



Source: http://malaysiakini.com/news/161661

Lim Guan Eng's Sharp Political Speech in Miri on 8 April 2011 (Part2)

Part 2 of Lim Guan eng's sharp and witty speech below.

Ngap Sayot SARAWAK! 





Part 1 of his speech can be watched here: Part 1 of Lim Guan Eng's Speech in Miri

More Women Candidates for Sarawak Election

More Women Candidates For Sarawak Election

KUCHING, April 6 (Bernama) -- The 10th Sarawak state election will see a record number of 16 women candidates from the various parties as well as independents contesting.

Barisan Nasional is retaining all four women incumbents to contest in the April 16 election, including the incumbent for the Lingga state seat, Simoi Peri.

The three others are Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali (Samariang) and Datin Fatimah Abdullah (Dalat) from Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), and Rosey Yunus (Bekenu) from the Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP).

Meanwhile, the DAP retained two incumbents namely Violet Yong (Pending) and Ting Tze Fui (Meradong), besides fielding two new faces, DAP Sibu branch Women's head Alice Lau Kiong Yieng in Bawang Assan and Christina Chiew in Batu Kawah.

Meanwhile, PAS, which is contesting in five constituencies, fielded two women, namely Nani Sahari in Tanjung Datu and Noraini Hamzah in Muara Tuang.

Parti Cinta Malaysia, which is contesting for the first time after the party's registration and symbol were approved by the Registrar of Societies, fielded a woman, Dyg Juliana Awg Tambi in Bekenu.

Parti Keadilan Rakyat, meanwhile, fielded four women including a sundry shop owner in Mukah, Suriati Abdullah, 50, in Balingian, Zolhaidah Suboh (Lambir) and Ibi anak Udin in Balai Ringin.

Another woman, Soo Lina is contesting as an independent in Batu Lintang.

-- BERNAMA

source: http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newspolitic.php?id=576942