LUBOK ANTU, 7 April 2009: Polling in the Batang Ai state seat by-election has proceeded without any hitch at all 25 polling stations that opened at 8am today. The Election Commission (EC) is deploying helicopters to reach polling stations, especially in remote areas, including in Ulu Engkari. Boats are also being used to transport ballot […]
Malcolm Mussen
Polling in by-elections has begun
KUALA LUMPUR, 7 April 2009: Voting in the Bukit Gantang parliamentary seat and the Bukit Selambau and Batang Ai state seat by-elections began simultaneously today when polling centres opened at 8am. In Bukit Gantang, Perak, Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate Ismail Saffian faces embattled Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin from PAS and independent […]
Which way in Batang Ai?
LUBOK ANTU, 5 April 2009: It is now almost time to wrap up the campaigning in Batang Ai, but the precious days before Tuesday are still being milked to the fullest by both the Barisan Nasional (BN) and Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR). The BN’s flagbearer is engineer Malcolm Mussen Lamoh, 49, who is taking on […]
Difficult terrain at Batang Ai for PKR
By Sim Kwang YangTHE hand-to-hand combat has begun in earnest for the 7 April 2009 Batang Ai by-election between the Barisan Nasional (BN) and Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR). It is a torturous and expensive battle for both the contesting parties. Lodged under the shadow of the mountain range that separates Sarawak from the Kalimantan side of Indonesia, Batang […]
BN’s Malcolm Mussen likes No.9
LUBOK ANTU, 29 March 2009: The Barisan Nasional candidate for the Batang Ai state by-election, Malcolm Mussen Lamoh, finds great comfort in the number nine. “I’m 49 years old, born in 1959, resigned from government service on the 19th (of March). The nomination day is today, March 29 while Batang Ai is state constituency number […]