KUCHING, May 10 – Sarawak DAP chairman Chong Chieng Jen won the Stampin parliamentary seat with 14,221-vote majority against Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate Datuk Dr Sim Kui Hian. The result was announced by Returning Officer Elizabeth Loh at the Padawan Municipal Council here tonight, without the presence of Dr Sim, who
BAGAN DATUK, May 10 – Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has successfully defended the Bagan Datuk parliamentary seat for the sixth term after obtaining 18,909 votes to defeat Pakhrurrazi Arshad (PKR) who received 13,836 votes and PAS candidate Ata Abdul Muneim Hasan Adli (4,061 votes). Barisan Nasional
GEORGE TOWN, May 9 – Penang Barisan Nasional chairman Teng Chang Yeow criticised the Election Commission over what he claimed to be the poor conduct of polling in the 14th general election. Teng, the BN candidate for the Tanjong Bunga state seat, said polling had been ‘very slow’ especially in the
PUTRAJAYA, May 10 – Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor retained the Putrajaya parliamentary seat with a majority of 3,372 votes in the general election today. He polled 12,148 votes to win the three-cornered fight against PAS’ Zainal Abidin Kidam and Datuk Dr Samsu Adabi Mamat, of
KUANTAN, May 10 – Three registered voters in Pahang lodged police reports over their failure to cast ballots as their names were allegedly used by other parties in the 14th General Election today. Pahang police chief Datuk Seri Rosli Ab Rahman said the reports involved two cases in Temerloh while the other
ALOR SETAR, May 10 – The state police have received five reports from the public over a failure to vote in the 14th General Election (GE14) today. Its media relations officer, ACP Ab Rahaman Arsad said about 4pm, four of the reports were made at the Jitra police station and the other
PUTRAJAYA, May 9 – The Election Commission has assured voters that their ballots would not be rejected even if they had not been stamped by the polling clerk. “The presiding officer of the polling station cannot reject the unstamped ballots because they have been issued legally,” said EC chairman Tan Sri Mohd
KUALA LUMPUR, May 9 – The polling process in most voting stations nationwide is still underway at noon with the percentage of voters’ turnout reaching 55 per cent as of 1 pm. People are still thronging the polling stations despite having to wait in long queues and armed with umbrellas in
KUALA LUMPUR, May 9 – Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has slammed the spam phone calls from international numbers received by many Barisan Nasional (BN) leaders today. The Prime Minister, who is also BN chairman, also ordered an immediate action into the matter. “I strongly condemn the spam calls tactic from
KUALA LUMPUR, May 9 – President and CEO of 1MDB Arul Kanda Kandasamy ticked off those in the opposition who did not turn up for the ‘Tanya Tanya’ question-and-answer roadshow, despite being invited. He said “information sessions’ that provided information on the company were held at 31 locations, but the opposition
PEKAN, May 9 – Caretaker Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak is confident the Barisan Nasional (BN) will continue to be given the mandate to helm the country for the next five years. The BN chairman said the confidence was based on the success of the policies being introduced over
KUALA LUMPUR, May 9 – Malaysian political leaders from the ruling coalition and the opposition pact claimed they have been receiving spam calls during the polling process of 14th General Election (GE14) that is being held today. UMNO vice-president Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein, Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri
KUALA LUMPUR May 9 – A 78-year-old man collapsed and died while queueing up to cast his ballot at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (P) Taman Petaling here in the general election today, according to police. The man, who arrived at the polling station with his family at 9.30 am, collapsed while
KUALA LUMPUR, May 9 – The public began queuing up as early ad 7 am to exercise their voting rights to elect the government at the federal and state levels for the 14th general election (GE14). The polling process nationwide began at 8 am until 5 pm and the people took
BAGAN DATUK, May 9 – Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi cast his vote at the Madrasah Manbail Ulum Sungai Nipah Darat, Rungkup here this morning. Ahmad Zahid, 65, who is also Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate for Bagan Datuk parliamentary constituency, attired in a red and white
KUALA LUMPUR, May 9 – Two voters and an Election Commission (EC) worker died while carrying out their responsibilities at the 14th general election (GE14) today. In the first incident this morning, voter, Rokiah Sulung, could not vote when she collapsed at the Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Pulau Serai, in Dungun, about 20
KUALA LUMPUR, May 8 – A prudent approach and explanations not influenced by speculations have helped make a success of the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) information sessions, according to 1MDB president and chief executive officer Arul Kanda Kandasamy. He said the information sessions had so far achieved their objective and were
TOKYO, May 8 – NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) and Northgate Public Services (NPS), a wholly owned NEC subsidiary, today announced that NPS will provide the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) with the technology for its Met Integrated Policing Solution (MiPS) project, which will significantly transform the way officers prevent crime and
KUALA LUMPUR, May 8 – Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak today emphasised the transparency of the election system in Malaysia, saying it upheld the principles of integrity embodied in every democracy. The caretaker Prime Minister said that apart from the Election Commission officers and staff who would carry out their duties
TOKYO, May 8 – Fujitsu Limited and Kofax Japan have entered into a global sales partner agreement in Robotic Process Automation (RPA). This will enable the two companies to collaboratively conduct new market development activities. Fujitsu and Kofax are now offering RPA solutions in Japan, and will in the future
