KOTA KINABALU, Aug 7 (Bernama) — MCA Youth Saturday proposed that undergraduates at public institutions of higher learning be allowed to join political parties.

Its chief, Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong, said the movement had made such a proposal way back in 2000 and felt that legislation should be relaxed to enable the students to participate [...]

By Adib Zalkapli (The Malaysian Insider)

SIBU, May 16 — The DAP pulled off a surprise win in the Sibu by-election today, defeating Barisan Nasional’s (BN) SUPP by 398 votes in a hard fought race, official results show.

BN had earlier been expected to retain its Sarawak stronghold but lost despite the best efforts [...]

SIBU, May 16 — Following is the voter turnout statistics when polling for the Sibu parliamentary by-election closed at 5pm today.

Total No. of Registered Voters:  54,695 (including 2,537 postal voters)

Number of voters who cast ballots:  32,742

Voter turnout: 59.86 per cent

— Bernama