Batu Pahat, Malaysia

Former Batu Pahat MP Dr Mohd Puad Zarkashi has slammed Malaysian Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim for resorting to mass protests against the general election results.

The Umno stronghold in Johor remains strong despite attempts by the Pakatan Rakyat to threaten this, with more than 90 per cent of parliamentary and state seat candidates achieving a comfortable win.

A few PKR top leaders saw a decline in their majority votes in the 13th General Election despite the Pakatan Rakyat party winning four more parliamentary seats to take its tally to 30 compared to the seats held at the time of dissolution of the last Dewan Rakyat.

Barisan Nasional has retained power to rule Johor when it obtained a two-thirds majority in the 13th general election , winning 37 out of the 56 seats in the state legislative assembly.

PETALING JAYA: The 13th general election saw some big names fall and some "underdogs" taking the home run.

SINGAPORE: The polls in Malaysia may have opened early Sunday morning, but for some Malaysians in Singapore, it still was not too late to make the trip home.

DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang speaking to the crowd during meeting the voters at a coffee shop in Taman Bukit Perdana in Batu Pahat.

Lim Kit Siang urged voters last night to dream of a day when "all of us are regarded as Malaysians first and last" at a mammoth Pakatan Rakyat rally at the historic Han Chiang school field which was packed with a huge crowd.

BATU PAHAT, April 30 -- The country might face a big threat if the opposition held the reins of the government as foreign powers behind them will meddle in the administration, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

The wind of change is blowing very strongly in Johor. It would not be a surprise if election results in Johor upset BN, as the coalition had always thought that Johor was a 'safe deposit' state.

JOHOR Yesterday both BN deputy chief Muhyiddin Yassin and PKR de facto leader Anwar coincidentally brought their campaign to Johor, one of the frontline states that will determine which coalition will form the new federal government on May 5. Arriving in Johor almost at the same time around 4pm, both allocated their precious time to focus on ... (more)

"Although I have done this many times, I am still excited and looking forward to casting my vote on May 5, he said.