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...Public Enemy No. 1. Their response to the cyclone has nakedly shown to the world the extent of their greed and stupidity. One can only hope that the soldiers serving underneath these thugs will at some point say, for the good of the country, Enough is enough. Kyaw Kyaw, Penang, Malaysia...
...they are still Public Enemy No. 1. Their response to the cyclone has nakedly displayed the extent of their greed and stupidity. One can only hope that the soldiers serving under these thugs will at some point say, for the good of the country, Enough is enough. Kyaw Kyaw, Penang, Malaysia...
...Even more stunning: the ruling alliance lost power in four of Malaysia's 13 states. Before the polls, only one state, Kelantan, was controlled by the opposition. By the time the dust settled on Saturday, three heartland states-Kedah, Perak and Kelantan-along with manufacturing-based states Selangor and Penang were all in the hands of the opposition. All of these states will now be ruled not by the National Front but, in most cases, by coalitions between the Islamist PAS party, the Chinese-based Democratic Action Party (DAP) and the multiethnic People's Justice Party...
...from education to government contracts. Saturday's results showed ethnic minorities made good on their vows to defect from the National Front, with many switching to the DAP camp. "People can only put up with so much," says DAP Secretary-General Lim Guan Eng, who is set to become Penang's new Chief Minister. "Dissatisfaction has reached a boiling point...
...Shaoshan, a place whose entire economy now relies on promoting its native son. So it's instructive to think for a moment of the rural district of Kepala Batas, home to Malaysia's Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. The locals of Kepala Batas, located in western Malaysia's Penang state, consider Abdullah, whose ruling National Front coalition is contesting the March 8 general elections, a kindly, avuncular presence. But their real respect appears to be reserved for his father and grandfather, both noted Islamic clerics. Indeed, one of the main streets in town is named after Abdullah's father, Ahmad...