'High turnout' in Malaysia election

People are voting in Malaysia in what is expected to be the closest election in the country's history.

For the first time since independence in 1957, the ruling Barisan Nasional Coalition has a real chance of losing power.

Jonathan Head in Kuala Lumpur says turnout is high...click for video

A message to all Malaysians

We Malaysians stand today on the brink of history. We have reached the final day of a historic campaign that will change our country forever. Throughout Malaysia, we have seen hundreds of thousands of people of all ethnicities come to our ceramahs. The response in frontline states such as Johor, Sabah and Sarawak, the heartland and fortresses of Umno and Barisan Nasional, has been tremendous and inspiring.

To the rakyat and supporters of Pakatan Rakyat, we thank you for your faith, your courage, and your committment. This is a campaign built on the millions of small and large sacrifices that you have all made. It humbles me and all leaders in Pakatan Rakyat. 

Sunday’s election will mark the decisive step in an amazing, peaceful, democratic revolution that will take Malaysia into a new era. Let us go out to vote in strength on Sunday for candidates in Keadilan, PAS and DAP. 

Vote with faith, courage and vision

"To all Malaysians: our nation is a land of promise and fullfilment. Seize your destiny. Ini Kalilah!".

"Your decision will take Malaysia into a new era. Go out and vote with strength, encourage all your family, friends and neighbours to cast their ballots," Anwar

Selamat mengundi Malaysia – Ini Kali Lah!

MAY 5, 2013

Ini adalah yang paling penting semenjak 56 tahun kemerdekaan. Ia adalah masa untuk rakyat Malaysia membentuk Malaysia Baru. Memang benar, negara kita sudah merdeka, tetapi kemerdekaan yang lebih besar adalah kemerdekaan daripada sebuah kerajaan yang zalim di bawah pemerintahan BN.

Menjelang hari-hari terakhir kempen, kita akan dihidangkan dengan insiden-insiden buruk pada hari pengundian, kekecohan semasa pengiraan undi dan pelantikan Perdana Menteri yang baru akan dicemari oleh muslihat kotor BN dan agensi-agensi kerajaan yang mahu merampas kemenangan pilihan raya daripada tangan kita. Anggota keselamatan negara dan agensi yang seharusnya bertanggungjawab untuk melaksanakan tugas mereka secara jujur, bebas dan saksama akan bertindak dengan cara yang sangat berpihak, seterusnya menjadikan pilihan raya ini tidak lagi bebas dan adil.

With less than two days to go, Anwar is bullish on Putrajaya

Terence Fernandez & Nadya Ngui, The Malay Mail

INTERVIEW Pakatan Rakyat leader Anwar Ibrahim has never been more optimistic about taking Putrajaya than now. In an interview with The Malay Mail and Oriental Daily, he explains why.

How's the campaign going so far?

Anwar: I'm very encouraged by the support after nomination, especially from the younger voters. It's very apparent that they support us. That the majority of Malaysians support us. I used to be cautiously optimistic, but then Najib Razak used the same thing (campaign promises), so I'm now quite optimistic.

Arahan PAS kepada penyokong: Pangkah Pakatan Rakyat

KUALA LUMPUR: Mursyidul Am PAS, Tuan Guru Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat mengarahkan semua ahli dan penyokong PAS agar memangkah semua parti dalam Pakatan Rakyat dalam pilihan raya ini.

Memangkah mana-mana parti dalam gabungan Pakatan Rakyat sangat penting dalam PRU13 kali ini bagi melahirkan Malaysia baharu dan menumbangkan kezaliman Umno-BN. 

Inilah pesanan terakhir pemimpin tertinggi PAS itu yang dikeluarkan melalui lidah rasmi PAS, Harakah yang bakal berada di pasaran mulai Sabtu ini.

Dapatkan naskah anda esok dan sebarkan kepada rakan-rakan yang belum pasti menyokong Pakatan Rakyat.

Sumber: HarakahDaily

Jadikan 5 Mei sebagai hari menamatkan fitnah 13 Mei dan pembohongan perkauman UMNO-BN

Jadikan 5 Mei sebagai hari menamatkan fitnah 13 Mei dan pembohongan perkauman UMNO-BN. Hanya dengan memilih Pakatan Rakyat - PAS, PKR dan DAP - rakyat Malaysia dapat membuka lembaran baru untuk mendedahkan apa yang benar dan apa yang fitnah.

Golongan yang memfitnah saya dengan tuduhan menjadi dalang peristiwa 13 Mei 1969 masih terus berbuat demikian tanpa sebarang tindakan tegas daripada pihak yang berkuasa, termasuk daripada Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak dan calon saingan saya bagi Parlimen Gelang Patah, Dato Abdul Ghani Othman.

Ini kali lah, Ubah! Bus Ekspres ke Putrajaya

Untuk mengambil alih pentadbiran kerajaan di Putrajaya, Pakatan Rakyat memerlukan sekurang-kurangnya 112 kerusi parlimen. Tanpa angka majoriti mudah tersebut rejim Barisan Nasional akan terus kekal berkuasa.

Pakatan Rakyat memerlukan undi anda, rakyat Malaysia yang pastinya inginkan sebuah negara yang lebih baik dan kehidupan yang lebih sempurna. Janganlah kita membiarkan anasir-anasir luar mengambil hak kita dan menentukan hala tuju negara.

5 Mei ini, undilah untuk perubahan. Masanya sudah tiba untuk UMNO dan Barisan Nasional bersara. Undilah Pakatan Rakyat. Ini Kalilah! — with Chong My and 7 others.

GE13 EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Anwar Ibrahim

Wajahat Ali speaks to the incumbent leader for MSN, as GE13 creeps closer, to talk about democracy, inspiration from Turkey and the imprisonment.

Despite his diminutive stature, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim casts a large, influential shadow on Malaysia’s political landscape and often inspires passionate, and polarizing, opinions. To some, he is a firebrand progressive who symbolizes the most vocal and consistent opposition to an authoritarian regime allegedly corrupted by power. To others, he is an “agent of the West” who undermines Malaysia in the global arena for sake of self-promotion. For many Muslims, he is their example of a practicing but religious moderate advocating a secular democracy infused with Islamic principles. Critics allege he is a closet Islamist sympathetic to religious conservatives. The ruling government, The United Malays National Organization (UMNO), condemned him to a lengthy imprisonment, released him, and then subjected him to multiple subsequent prosecutions alleging corruption and sodomy. However, his allies and critics alike all agree the 65-year-old political “upstart” is frustratingly persistent and resilient.

Large Scale Movement of Dubious Voters by Air Transport from Sabah and Sarawak to Peninsula Malaysia

MAY 2, 2013

This morning, I will be disclosing information and findings regarding the sudden surge in the arrival of dubious individuals on chartered flights since April 25th. These are foreign nationals as well as Malaysians from Sabah and Sarawak who have been flown in to Peninsula Malaysia.

We have also received information that there has been a sudden surge in the arrivals of foreign workers from Thailand, Cambodia, Pakistan and Myanmar through Bukti Kayu Hitam as well those from Indonesia through Port Kelang and other coastal entry points.

The timing of this surge in arrivals and its sheer size raises naturally raises the question of whether they have been transported here surreptitiously to vote in favour of Barisan Nasional.