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IS THIS A CASE OF ‘IF YOU CAN PLAY DIRTY, SO CAN WE’?

WINNERS OF THE BY-EPECTION, MAH AND GERAKAN GET ASKED FOR REWARD!

Some 500 people flocked to the Gerakan service centre in Teluk Intan on Wednesday morning to “claim” between RM120 and RM200 or the equivalent in rice after being told that the party would be distributing cash and rice for having won the by-election last Saturday.

Newly elected MP Datuk Mah Siew Keong told Sin Chew Daily he was baffled over the large number of residents turning up at the service centre to request for money and rice.

He suspected it was a spoof.

The Gerakan president said the overwhelmed staff learnt from the crowd that someone was spreading the word that the money and rice would be distributed at the service centre.

“We will investigate to find out who started the spoof,” said Mah, who was attending a meeting at the Gerakan headquarters in Kuala Lumpur when he was informed of the matter.

The residents were at the service centre to collect money and rice and even asked for land application forms, he said.

THE DAP, LOSERS, IS NOT UNTOUCHED EITHER!

DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang is spooked by a text message he purportedly sent out in the run-up to the Teluk Intan by-election thanking Malaysians for their patronage over the last one year and telling those with bread and butter issues to approach his personal assistants in his Gelang Patah constituency, Johor.

The purported message from Lim, stating the contact numbers of his two assistants, was posted on Facebook by “I Love JB”.

According to Sin Chew, the two assistants were flooded with calls from all over the country since May 30.

Pranksters spook Mah, Lim
Posted on 5 June 2014 – 10:52pm
Kong See Hoh
newsdesk@thesundaily.com

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‘LIVE’ TELECAST OF THE BY-ELECTIONS RESULTS FROM TELUK INTAN! From 5.30pm…

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1 The Old Mah (Horse) has turned out to be a WAR HORSE!
Official: Mah wins, majority 238 votes
2 Video: Disappointed and distraught

https://weehingthong.wordpress.com/2014/05/31/live-telecast-of-the-by-elections-results-from-teluk-intan-from-5-30pm/

Gerakan Boss Mah Siew Keong is an old WAR HORSE after all. A FULL MINISTER next.

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The crowd outside the tallying centre in Teluk Intan.

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Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud, Political Secretary to Lim Kit Sia

TELUK INTAN PARLIAMENTARY SEAT
BY-ELECTION DATE: 31 MAY 2014

Voting hours: 8.00am-5.00pm

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http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/264367

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BN campaign worker blocks media from taking anti-Dyana flyers

A BN campaign worker stops Malaysiakini’s journalist from taking free booklets and flyers from the ruling coalition’s counter set up outside the Kampung Kerentina polling station.

Meanwhile, Perak Mentri Besar Zambry Abdul Kadir arrives and shakes hands with the campaigners.

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10am : BN and DAP supporters begin shouting match

A standoff between BN and DAP supporters at Kampung Bahagia that started at 10AM is still on going as of 3.45PM. The BN supporters have been jeering the DAP group despite the hot weather, chanting ‘DAP babi’ and other insults.

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Malaysiakini

LIVE REPORTS

2.30pm: According to the EC, the turnout at 2pm is 52.21 percent or 31,286 voters.

2pm: Kg Bahagia – Dyana has visited the polling centre here without any incident.

However, BN youths are still chanting and heckling the DAP camp despite the afternoon heat.

Pasir Salak MP Tajudin Abdul Rahman is earlier spotted among the crowd of BN youths, being lifted by some while waving the BN flag, pointing it at the DAP camp.

Pictures of Tajuddin inside the polling centre, wearing a BN shirt with the coalition’s logo, has also been circulating online. Tajuddin does not appeaer to be wearing an EC tag to allow him access.

DAP’s Serdang MP Ong Kian Ming tweets that his checks show that Tajuddin is not a Teluk Intan voter but votes in Pasir Salak.

1.30pm: Teluk Intan – EC chief Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof says streams with young voters are seeing a low turnout.

He figures more may turn up later in the afternoon.

“The youths are arriving rather late. Perhaps they slept late last night,” he says on TV3’s afternoon bulletin.

1.30pm: According to the EC, at 1pm the turnout rate is 46.65 percent or 27,955 voters.

DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang tweets that the final turnout may be around 70 percent, which will not be good news for DAP’s chances.

“This is dangerous for DAP and Pakatan as our candidate can only be safe if voter turnout is over 80 percent,” says the Gelang Patah MP.

1.10pm: The EC says 40.13 percent or 24,050 voters have cast their votes as at noon today, reports Bernama.

12.30pm: Media Centre – BN candidate Mah Siew Keong claims that Malaysiakini did not accurately report his remarks yesterday regarding outstation voters in Teluk Intan.

“You need to look at the context of the whole speech,” Mah says, referring to a report yesterday where Mah urged locals not to let outstation voters decide the fate of Teluk Intan.

“I did not say they are outsiders, they are also children of this place. I just said they should consult their parents before making a decision,” he explains.

Mah, who visited all the polling districts this morning, says the turnout at DAP stronghold Pasir Bedamar is extremely high, but predicts the overall turnout to be also high at the end of the day.

“There are still many cars from Kuala Lumpur and Selangor coming in. And also many people are working half-day in the estates today.

http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/264343

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DAP dah bawak masuk pengundi dari CHINA ke Teluk Intan!!! pic.twitter.com/fNjppIA595

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Cuba tanya pada Muslimah ni. Hudud wajib x?? #PRKTelukIntan pic.twitter.com/NadDsAr28J

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In #telukintan , #DAP tipped for smaller victory http://bit.ly/1pFHGrB  pic.twitter.com/3gdNo11QmH

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Suasana Di #PRKTelukIntan pic.twitter.com/yXpx6EPfRa

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Maksud PM, Gerakan akan “berakhir” di #TelukIntan erk??? pic.twitter.com/G3lXYPjkvB

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PRK Teluk Intan: Rangkuman gambar sekitar proses pengundian – http://news.abnxcess.com/bm/2014/05/prk-teluk-intan-rangkuman-gambar-sekitar-proses-pengundian/ … pic.twitter.com/y7O08YYask

#TelukIntan by-election update: As of 10am, a total of 13,754 voters or 22.9% have come out to cast their votes pic.twitter.com/I1eyFjl7Dg

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TELUKINTAN – EC says 22.95% or 13,754 voters have cast their votes as at 10am today.

#TelukIntan by-election update: As of 10am, a total of 13,754 voters or 22.95pc have come out to cast their votes pic.twitter.com/QAck37rIse

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PRK Teluk Intan: Calon DAP Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud tiba di SMK Sultan Abdul Aziz 10.30 pagi tinjau tempat pengundian pic.twitter.com/s5fP02wo5O

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Tiba2 perayu2 undi BN di Teluk Intan muncul dgn baju merah di SKJC Phooi Yong!!! pic.twitter.com/c94Q1fwS07

Sigh RT @malaysiakini: The tales of Kangkung (Water Spinach) re-emerges at Teluk Intan. http://bit.ly/1mTkyVU  pic.twitter.com/BKFCr6W3uu

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People may like Gerakan but reject BN.

Political analyst Khoo Kay Peng, “In Teluk Intan, the no-holds barred campaigning by Umno is making it worse for Gerakan. The Gerakan support base and their grassroots are also grumbling.” 

Malaysian Insider

Analysts agree DAP will win Teluk Intan again

BY ANISAH SHUKRY
May 31, 2014

Campaigning for the Teluk Intan parliamentary by-election ended at midnight, and voters have started going to the polls this morning with political analysts predicting a victory for the DAP and political greenhorn, Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud.
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Professor James Chin of Monash University said while DAP would “definitely” win, what mattered was whether they had made an impact among the Malay voters by fielding Dyana, a young, Malay professional.

“The most important thing is the voting stream from the Malays. If it shows the majority of votes go to Dyana, it means DAP can rebrand itself as an inclusive party.

“Currently, they have an image of being a Chinese party, and they have to reach out to Malays if they want to gain more political ground,” said Chin.

He said that if the DAP managed to capture the Malay votes in Teluk Intan, the party had finally broken its mould to become a real threat to Umno and Barisan Nasional (BN) in the next general election.

But Ibrahim Suffian, the head of polling firm Merdeka Centre, said the Malay vote was still a challenge for DAP.
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But he said it would still be an uphill battle for Mah to win the by-election, as while the Gerakan party was likeable among voters, BN was not.

Political analyst Khoo Kay Peng concurred, noting that Umno’s campaigning these past two weeks had left grassroots Gerakan members unhappy.

The immediate danger for BN should it lose tomorrow was the breakup of its components, leaving Umno alone to carry the “scale” in the next general election, he said.

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/analysts-agree-dap-will-win-teluk-intan-again

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@hellsen You’ve been quoted in my #Storify story “Live updates: Teluk Intan by-election” http://sfy.co/sWrn 

https://storify.com/501Awani/lapor-langsung-prk-parlimen-teluk-intan?utm_medium=sfy.co-twitter&utm_content=storify-pingback&utm_campaign=&utm_source=t.co&awesm=sfy.co_rWk4

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#PRKTelukIntan Jentera BN telah mula bergerak di serata Pusat Daerah Mengundi di Teluk Intan pic.twitter.com/E6ITVzD2LC

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BN4Teluk Intan’s Photos

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8.15am: SJKC San Min – It’s sunny with clear skies this morning.

DAP candidate Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud arrives at the school, one of the polling stations in Pasir Bedamar, with other party leaders.

8am: Pasir Bedamar – DAP’s Dyana is scheduled to visit her first polling centre at SJKC San Min 1 & 2.

They are banking on outstation and young voters to shore up their vote bank, while BN chief Najib Razak promised to make Mah a minister to sweeten the deal for BN voters.

7.30am: This is the sixth by-election to take place since GE13, and the second parliamentary by-election after the Bukit Gelugor poll just last week.

Mah has campaigned on themes of local issues such as local council services, while Dyana has focussed on national issues such as living costs and the impending Goods and Services Tax (GST).

There are 60,483 registered voters in Teluk Intan: 42 percent Chinese, 38 percent Malays, 19 percent Indians.

The last general election saw an 80.4 percent turnout, the highest ever recorded in this constituency.
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The counting will be held at SMK Abdul Rahman Talib from 5pm onwards, with results expected by 9pm if the process runs smoothly.

Malaysiakini
Mah vs Dyana prizefight set to begin
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/264343

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Videos: Massive crowd at DAP’s finale 超级星期五: 万人挤爆安顺火箭大会

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I EXPECT DYANA SOFYA OF THE DAP TO WIN

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1,000,000 Chinese dont want MCA to represent the Chinese

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The man in the video has been identified by fellow DAP members as a MIC member, though his full name and details remain unknown.

Man punches and slaps two DAP women

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Malaysiakini

6:14PM May 30, 2014

Man slaps DAP assemblyperson’s wife

TELUK INTAN Two DAP women were today punched and slapped by a man who tried to stop them from putting up DAP banners in Teluk Intan town today.

Bavani Veraiah (left in photo), Perak Pakatan Rakyat’s executive secretary, and Leong Pooi Wan (right in photo), wife of DAP’s Jalong assemblyperson, were attacked by a man whom they identify as a local MIC member at around 3pm today.

The man, who was accompanied by at least two other men who were wearing plain clothes, hurled “vulgar and abusive” words in Tamil towards Bavani, before slapping Leong’s phone to her face when she attempted to record the exchange.

Right after that, Bavani was punched on her left cheekbone when she tried to call her DAP colleagues for help.

The duo have lodged a police report at the Hilir Perak district police headquarters at 4.16pm today, and have also recorded a short video of the incident before Leong was slapped.

http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/264324

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DYANA ‘BARBIE’ SOFYA VERSUS ‘WAR-HORSE’ MAH SIEW KEONG.

DYANA COULD BE BARBIE, Member of Parliament.

Barbie has many careers: Teacher, Engineer, Doctor, Surgeon, Veterinarian and even President.

Perhaps Dyana will be Barbie, Member of Parliament, Malaysia!

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Maaysiakini

3:46PM May 30, 2014

Indian voters ‘offered’ land application forms

TELUK INTAN A BN-friendly party is said to be handing out application forms for land to Indian voters in its drive to win Indian support for BN in tomorrow’s Teluk Intan by-election.

http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/264306

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Malaysiakini

2:14PM May 30, 2014

Racist leaflets spread to scare voters against DAP

TELUK INTAN Numerous anonymous leaflets spreading messages of racism have been circulated across Teluk Intan in the last 24 hours in what DAP sees as a move to scare voters from supporting its candidate Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud.

This includes a “Balik Cina” leaflet, in which a giant panda responds to Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein when he asks, “Apa you mau lagi?” (What else do you want?).

http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/264293

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BALIK CINA? DOES THAT MEAN THAT MAH SIEW KEONG WILL HAVE TO BALIK CINA BUT DYANA SOFYA CAN STAY?

Malaysian Insidert

‘Apa lagi Cina mau’ posters being circulated in Teluk Intan

BY HASBULLAH AWANG CHIK
May 30, 2014

DAP adviser showing one of the posters circulating in Teluk Intan. – The Malaysian Insider pic by Afif Abd Halim, May 30, 2014.

Pamphlets with the controversial phrase, “apa lagi Cina mau”, have been circulated in Teluk Intan, attacking the DAP as an anti-Malay party ahead of the polls tomorrow.

One of the pamphlets even sported an image of acting Transport Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein asking a panda  “Apa you mau lagi?” with the panda replying “Balik Cina”.

Malaysia recently received a pair of giant pandas from China to commemorate 40 years of diplomatic ties between the two countries.

DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang showed the posters and pamphlets to the media today and blamed Barisan Nasional for its smear campaign.

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/apa-lagi-cina-mau-posters-being-circulated-in-teluk-intan

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AN ADMIRER MUST HAVE MEANT TO WRITE BARBIE BUT ENDED UP WITH BABI.

NEVER MIND, BABI WAS TRANSFORMED TO BABE!

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Malaysiakini

10:00AM May 30, 2014

‘Babi’ scribbled on Dyana’s poster

‘Babi’ written on Dyana’s poster

9am: Constituents in Teluk Intan wake up to discover that one of the poster featuring DAP candidate Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud was vandalised.

The word ‘babi’ (pig) was written on the poster, located beside Jalan Sultan Abdullah, near Hotel Intan, clearly as a means to disrespect the Malay-Muslim candidate.

http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/264258

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Teluk Intan by-election: Black paint smeared on Mah’s posters

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IF ATTENDANCE AT RALLIES WERE TRANSLATED INTO VOTES, DAP WOULD BEAT BN EASILY!

IF!

1,000,000 Chinese dont want MCA to represent the Chinese

DAP CERAMAH

BN CERAMAH

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行动党揭国阵会场派礼篮 马袖强称非主办人’已保持距离’

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Malaysiakini

4:56PM May 29, 2014

Report hamper giveaway to EC, dares Mah

TELUK INTAN DAP should lodge report with the Election Commission (EC) about the food hamper distribution in Teluk Intan instead of making allegation, said BN candidate Mah Siew Keong.

Mah was responding to claims by DAP that he was present at a function organised by Perbadanan Nasional Bhd’s (PNS) director, where some 100 people were given free food hampers yesterday.
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In an earlier reply to SMS by Malaysiakini, Mah (above, right) said when he saw the hampers being distributed, he “distanced himself”.

Asked if he had heard the MC’s call to vote for him, Mah said he couldn’t hear anything from the MC at that time.

Last Sunday Bersih’s steering committee in a statement reminded that the giving of gifts to voters were against the Election Offences Act 1954 under Section 8 (treating) and Section 10 (bribery).

According to the two sections, a person who “directly or indirectly gives or provides … or is accessory to the giving” of food and drink, money or “valuable consideration” for the purpose of influencing the voters is an offence.

Mah then slammed DAP for providing cheap bus services to outstation voters residing in Klang Valley by charging only RM10 for the return tickets.
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“The buses are arranged by them, they are going to influence them (the voters) during the journey,” he said.

“Take the RM10 ticket, but vote me (and not DAP). I learned this (line) from them, but later they will say I’m a copycat,” he said in jest.

http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/264219

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1:40PM May 29, 2014

DAP raps BN for free hampers at by-election

With less than two days before voting for the Teluk Intan by-election begins, the BN has been ticked off for giving out free food hampers to some 100 people at an event yesterday evening.

DAP’s Bukit Gasing assemblyperson R Rajiv, who said he received a tip-off and went to check, claimed he saw BN candidate Mah Siew Keong present at the function held on Jalan Bomba.

“About 100 people were lining up for the hampers, and Mah was standing there and shaking hands with the people.

“This is a form of bribery,” Rajiv told a press conference at DAP’s main by-election operations centre today.

Rajiv added that he also heard the master of ceremonies at the event openly urging the attendees to vote for Mah.

The journalists were shown photographs and the video that Rajiv recorded at the scene.

DAP lodged a police report on the matter at 12.14pm today.

http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/264195

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Malaysiakini

4:36PM May 29, 2014

Organiser blames Umno leader first, then MIC

In another bizarre twist to the Tuesday night incident, the organiser of the event where 150 DAP members were supposed to join BN made an appearance at a DAP press conference this afternoon.

First, Yusof Abdul Manaf told reporters that Deputy Minister Ahmad Maslan had “hijacked” the event and defeated its original purpose.

“The whole gimmick involving DAP and BN flags was ordered by the minister,” he claimed.

However, after the press conference, Yusof, who declined to name his NGO, seemed to have a change of heart when quizzed by reporters further.

He then blamed MIC Wanita chief Mohana Muniandy, who was also present that night, for the confusion at the event.

Earlier, Yusof, who claims to be the deputy chair for the taxi drivers association in Teluk Intan, said his NGO did not invite the media and only wanted to give out goodies to voters in that area, who are mostly taxi drivers.

http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/264216

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Free Malaysia Today

Too close to call in Teluk Intan

TELUK INTAN: It is still a wide open race in the Teluk Intan parliamentary by-election as voters claimed that both the DAP and Barisan Nasional (BN) candidates are equally strong.

Despite her young age and lack of political experience, some voters are confident that the 27-year-old Dyana Sofya can become a good member of parliament.

Restaurant owner Adli Razak, 45, in Teluk Intan town told FMT today that there was a good chance of Dyana winning the election because the young lawyer had a good political vision.

“But Mah also has the advantage because of his experience,” he said.

http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2014/05/29/too-close-to-call-in-teluk-intan/

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DYANA SOFYA TO WIN BY 3,000 VOTES!

UCSI SURVEY: March 24-26, 2014
Respondents: 400 Malay and Indian voters
No Chinese were polled (based on the assumption that the 75% who voted for the Opposition will still vote for them)

DAP’s Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud can win this Saturday’s Teluk Intan by-election with a majority of 3,000 votes if the voter turnout is at 70%.

It is claimed that she has gained 5%-6% of the Malay voters.

*Keep things in perspective: ONLY 400 were polled.

Malaysian Insider
Dyana Sofya to win Teluk Intan, according to university poll
Eileen Ng

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/dyana-sofya-to-win-teluk-intan-according-to-university-poll

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“Mukhriz puzzled by Dyana’s many looks”

Response from Malaysiakini subscribers

2 Cents: Sometimes I see Dr Mahathir Mohamad in lounge suit, sometimes in Nehru suit. More often in bush jacket, but he is at times spotted in baju Melayu and songkok.

Which of these is your real father?

Malaysiakini

8:17AM May 29, 2014

Teluk Intan is all about character assassination

YOURSAY

‘Is there anything wrong with different posters of Dyana?’

Mukhriz puzzled by Dyana’s many looks

 

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Fair Play: Truthfully, I didn’t even know how many “faces” DAP candidate Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud has until Kedah Menteri Besar Mukhriz Mahathir pointed it out.

But then, I am not him and never paid much attention to her ‘looks’ but only see her as a right-thinking Malaysian who could make a difference for our children’s future.

Multi Racial: I totally agree with Mukhriz. We have to vote leaders who are consistent and who do not speak different things to different audiences, like many BN leaders, particularly our PM and deputy PM.

So far I cannot see any inconsistency in Dyana. Her photos with different dressing and different images are fine. Nothing wrong with her to have different posters, some dressed in modern garb and some wearing a headscarf. At least, it represents her real personality.

Negarawan: Mukhriz, it looks like you are more confused than your father. The only person in your family who is not confused is your sister, Marina. If you are so confused over such a small thing, then you’re not fit to be MB.

What have you achieved for Kedah so far, apart from putting up posters with your face everywhere? Kedahans too are confused about your posters, and why you waste so much public funds on them.

Humored: Obviously intelligence is not hereditary.

Chitrāngadā: Speak for only yourself, Mukhriz. We are not confused at all and we were never confused in the last two weeks.

I have very strong doubts over your ability to govern a state let alone the country if just mere clothes can confuse and confound you so very much.

You are in a constant state of flux and utter confusion due to the many ‘apparel changes’ you and your immediate and well-populated extended family have to endure to defend Umno-BN and the rakyat as well.

And understandably, that does not leave much time for introspection nor reflection to develop intelligent arguments as to why the rakyat should vote for Umno-BN.

Anonymous_1396849985: Why must it always be character assassination? Can’t they talk substance?

BumiKita: Anything wrong with different posters of Dyana? BN candidate Mah Siew Keong can also have different posters in different outfits if he wants to.
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Hello: Mukhriz, if you don’t know Dyana or DAP ideals, then you are not worthy of being an MB of Kedah. It goes to prove that your appointment to the position was due to the influence exerted by your father, directly or indirectly.

Umno has all the other member parties of BN be “yes-men”. In that sense, you can say that the BN formula is unique, but it is to the detriment of the country.

Vijay47: Mukhriz, since you are so confused, perhaps you should seek the help of your father.

I believe he is a doctor, so curing you of your confusion and related problems should be a cinch. After all, he has already healed all the ailments of the whole world.

Yours And My Malaysia: Hello Mukhriz, that is the real beauty. Dyana is multi-faceted and able to speak to and for all, unlike you.

By the way, I do not believe she is a nobody as BN claims, although all the big shots are coming out to take potshots at her. Now all that’s left to do that is the top BN man.

Otak-Otak: You see, these people who are representing the government always see and talk about women, even the former Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) vice-chancellor Dr Ibrahim Abu Shah, an academician, can stoop so low as to reportedly deliver comments about Dyana’s “beauty” instead of being proud that UiTM has produced such an outstanding student as her.

Kubang: Mukhriz, no wonder you’re so confused – you’d expected Dyana to think and act like you. Fortunately for Dyana, she’s more like your sister, Marina.

Kathleen Ong: Mukhriz, it’s the same for you – when you meet the kampung folks, you wear your baju Melayu and then in your elegant party clothes when you attend your F1 gala dinners. Enough of your “holier than thou” persona.

Coconut Candy: Menteri besar, why are you so critical as to how she dressed? Of course, the dresses are different all the time unless it’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

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http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/264157

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Malaysiakini

1:24PM May 28, 2014

Mukhriz puzzled by Dyana’s many looks

Kedah Menteri Besar Mukhriz Mahathir is puzzled over the many posters of DAP candidate Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud for the Teluk Intan by-election.

He said this gives rise to the question – which is the real DAP candidate?

“I see many posters… The photos are different.

“There are those with her wearing a tudung (headscarf), there are those with her dressed in a corporate outfit and also those with her wearing a baju kurung.

“Why I am saying this is because to choose a parliamentarian is not easy, you must know the person,” Mukhriz was quoted in a report published on Umno Online.

“We become confused. Which is the real Dyana. Lawyer or not a lawyer… I am confused.

“Imagine within two weeks, we have become so confused,” he added.

http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/264096

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HERE IS A MALE CHAUVINIST SPEAKING!

Arjami Ali, a committee member of pro-BN group Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Warisan Ketuanan Melayu Malaysia (Pewaris)  told reporters he was responsible for bringing Sahtin to the event.

When asked how he had convinced her to allegedly leave DAP, “I am good at that. It is like tackling a woman. If a woman followed me, it means she likes me. She wouldn’t have come here if she didn’t like it.”

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/barisans-event-to-showcase-150-dap-members-switching-sides-ends-in-confusio

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YAHOO! NEWS MALAYSIA

As BN trumpets DAP defections in Teluk Intan, one woman denies changing her mind

The Malay Mail Online

TELUK INTAN, May 28 — At an event yesterday, Barisan Nasional (BN) claimed that 150 dissatisfied DAP members had left the opposition party although one woman trotted out as a defector later told reporters she remains with DAP.

At the event which was officiated by Umno information chief Datuk Ahmad Maslan and attended by mostly Indian crowd of around 200 people, three ethnic Indian women were presented as DAP supporters who had shifted their allegiance to BN. They were said to have left DAP frustrated for not getting aid under the two previous Teluk Intan MPs from the party.

“Before this, they supported the DAP; now they support BN,” Ahmad declared in a speech at the function at Taman Desa Bakti here last night, in the run-up to the Teluk Intan by-election polling day on Saturday.

One of three, however, told reporters shortly after the ceremony that she and her family remained DAP supporters.

“They told me to come here, so I came lah. I’m still a DAP member,” said Sahtin Subramaniam, a 46-year-old taxi driver.

Most of the people at the function — where food like noodles were served — then crowded at a nearby house, where boxes containing Milo, milk powder, sugar, cream crackers, condensed milk, flour and curry powder were given out.

When a woman opened her box to show The Malay Mail Online the contents, Arjami from Pewaris slammed it shut and asked her to leave.

“There’s no money!” Arjami yelled when asked if there was cash inside the boxes and opened up another box to reveal its contents.

Arjami then angrily accused the media of poking and prying.

https://my.news.yahoo.com/bn-trumpets-dap-defections-teluk-intan-one-woman-002000358.html

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See also:

Malaysian Insider
Barisan’s event to showcase 150 DAP members switching sides ends in confusion

BY ANISAH SHUKRY
May 28, 2014

Umno Information Chief Datuk Ahmad Maslan during an event in Teluk Intan to unveil DAP members who apparently have agreed to join Barisan Nasional. – The Malaysian Insider pic by Afif Abd Halim, May 28, 2014.

A Barisan Nasional (BN) function meant to unveil 150 DAP members who were apparently switching sides to join the coalition ended in confusion last night as no evidence was given to show the crossovers.

In his ceramah last night, Umno Information Chief and Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Ahmad Maslan claimed that the crowd gathered before him comprised DAP members who were jaded with the party and was eager to enter BN’s fold.

To complete the ceremony, three allegedly former DAP members stood before the audience and pulled on the signature blue BN T-shirts.

Ahmad then handed a DAP flag to one of the three “former DAP members”. She was told to lay the flag down, and was then handed a BN flag to hold.
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Although Ahmad described it as a “historic moment”, the few members of the crowd told reporters later that they had always been BN supporters.

And one of three new “BN converts” who had made a show of donning the BN T-shirt before the crowd told reporters later that she had been “ordered” to attend the event, and that she was still a DAP member.

“I am very distressed by this. They forced me to come here, to bring my family and my friends. But when I came here, they took my photos. I don’t want this,” said Sahtin Subramaniam, a 46-year-old taxi driver, when approached by reporters.

“I am not a BN person. From before until now, I am a DAP person, my entire family supports DAP.”

She added that she had been promised “goodies” if she came to the event, but now she feared DAP and her friends would learn of her presence here and be disappointed.

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/barisans-event-to-showcase-150-dap-members-switching-sides-ends-in-confusio

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Teluk Intan comprises 38.61 % Malay voters, 41.94% Chinese, 19% Indians, and 0.22 % others.

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IF ZAHID CAN CALL CHINESE STUPID, SO CAN ANWAR!

Hanya Cina bodoh undi BN, kata Anwar

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Malaysiakini

With a smirk and not mincing words, Anwar Ibrahim had described the Chinese who support BN as “stupid”.

And while the ceramah audience, who were predominantly Chinese, responded with laughter, Gerakan, however, failed to see the humour in such a remark.

Speaking in Teluk Intan last night, the opposition leader criticised the Chinese who still threw their weight behind the ruling coalition despite being termed as immigrants and so forth as “shameless”.

Stressing on the importance of mutual respect, he said: “If I don’t respect you, then I don’t deserve your respect.”

Prior to that, Anwar said: “If I am to become a leader of this nation, I must take care of the children of Chinese, Indians and Dayaks like my own children.

“When it comes to the Chinese, they are called pendatang… Apa lagi Cina mau? And there are still Chinese who support BN…,” he added.

http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/264034

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Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud, Political Secretary to Lim Kit Sia

Dyana Sofya, Shining Star: Photos and videos

DAP ARRANGES BUSES BACK TO TELUK INTAN FOR THE BY-ELECTION!

Gerakan Boss Mah Siew Keong is the underdog in the Teluk Intan Parliamentary by-election!

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Malaysiakini

1:19PM May 27, 2014

Don’t repeat ‘ingrates’ remark, MIC tells Zahid

MIC has cautioned Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi against repeating his “ingrates” remark to the Indian voters in Teluk Intan.

Party deputy president Dr S Subramaniam said such statements can jeopardise BN’s chances in the May 31 by-election.

Calling it an advice to BN parties, he added that politicians, in an overzealous attempt to win votes, should be careful not to trample on sensitivities of other races.

Subramaniam, who is also health minister, felt that Zahid had erred in terming the Chinese who vote for DAP as ingrates during a ceramah at a Malay village in Teluk Intan yesterday.

“This is the kind of issue we should try to avoid as much as possible,” he said.

http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/263999

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Younger Indians are king makers in this by-election, and they are swinging back to BN!

Says who? MIC Youth.

Free Malaysia Today

‘Indians will swing back to BN in Teluk Intan’

http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2014/05/26/indians-will-swing-back-to-bn-in-teluk-intan/

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The Chinese are already in control of all major industries in Malaysia, from finance, manufacturing right up to retail. The economy is in their palms. Imagine the floodgates opening to them.

Other races will be brought to their knees as they will by default ‘fail’ to meet the financial strength of the Chinese.

Free Malaysia Today

The gamble with Dyana may backfire

The Bukit Gelugor by-election this Sunday is a forgone conclusion…

But the Teluk Intan by-election on May 31, will be a different ball game altogether. Though it had been a DAP seat in the past two general elections, the outcome this time around may not be in its favour.

In trying to portray and justify itself as as a champion of all races, DAP believes that having a young Malay girl on its side will be enough to hoodwink the Malay voters.
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The Chinese in Teluk Intan are expected to vote for DAP as they are besotted with the ‘Rocket’ regardless of who stands in the by-election. It will be interesting to see if the Malay voters will be taken in by the DAP fielding greenhorn Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud, 27.

Will the Malays be gullible and vote for her, rather than the party, just because she is a Malay?

The Malays must awaken to reality that DAP can never defend their rights in this country. All the DAP wants is an immediate umbrella of meritocracy implemented in all areas.

The Chinese are already in control of all major industries in Malaysia, from finance, manufacturing right up to retail. The economy is in their palms. Imagine the floodgates opening to them.

Other races will be brought to their knees as they will by default ‘fail’ to meet the financial strength of the Chinese.

The Malay voters in Teluk Intan must send a clear message to DAP that putting up a wall paper like Dyana will not be able to mask its cunning, hidden agenda.

http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/opinion/2014/05/27/the-gamble-with-dyana-may-backfire/

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Malaysiakini

2:00PM May 26, 2014

Widow: Shahrizat gave cash, diapers for vote

TELUK INTAN A single mother in Teluk Intan claims Umno Wanita chief Shahrizat Abdul Jalil visited her house this morning with cash and supplies, canvassing support for BN.

“I was given RM500 and pampers, for my daughters’ usage,” she told Malaysiakini, expressing her heartfelt gratitude to Shahrizat and BN for the gift.

The unemployed 57-year-old said Shahrizat urged her to vote for BN candidate Mah Siew Keong.

P Panjalaylives in Taman Semarak and cares for her three mentally-disabled daughters aged 33 to 36.

Shahrizat paid her house a 20-minute visit this morning.
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Panjalay said that regardless of the handouts, she has always been a BN supporter.

“I will support BN anyway. I have never voted for the opposition. I will bring my second daughter to vote too. Both of us will vote for BN,” she said.
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Last Friday Ipoh Barat MP M Kulasegaran claimed BN gave out hampers worth about RM150 each to families at the Nova Scotia Estate in Teluk Intan in a function the day before.

http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/263890

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ZAHID STEREOTYPES MALAYS, INDIANS AND CHINESE

Chinese are wealthy and ungrateful
Malays and Indians  are their customers (as if Chinese don’t buy at all!)
Malays and Indians will be sad if DAP wins

Malaysian Insider

Only the Chinese would be happy if Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate for Teluk Intan Datuk Mah Siew Keong lost in the May 31 by-election, as they are already wealthy and ungrateful for it, Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said today.

“I would feel sad if DAP won again in Teluk Intan. The Malays would be sad. The Indians would be even sadder.

“But the Chinese would be fine, because they have all sorts of businesses. But if it weren’t for the Malays or Indians who buy goods from them, they wouldn’t have any business.

“It is the Malays and the Indians who help Chinese businessmen. And when they vote, they choose DAP.

“They are ungrateful,” Zahid‎ told about 100 Malays in Durian Sebatang, Teluk Intan today.

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/now-zahid-calls-chinese-ungrateful-for-voting-dap

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the Sun daily

BN youths go bald to protest DAP’S ‘dirty tactics’ in Teluk Intan

TELUK INTAN: Three Barisan Nasional (BN) members today decided to shave their heads bald to protest the DAP’s dirty political tactics in the Teluk Intan parliamentary by-election campaign.

They are Rich Too Seng Shin, 31, a Penang Gerakan member; People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Klang division secretary Vincent Ng Shin Chue, 33, and MCA Klang division member Thomas Chong Poh Chai, 27.

They took turns to shave each other’s head today morning in front of the Leaning Tower of Teluk Intan and completed the task within 15 minutes.

Too, 31,who was the spokesman for the trio, hit out at a claim by the DAP that BN had defamed its Teluk Intan by-election candidate Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud by spreading a photograph that allegedly showed her in a bikini.

“It is definitely dirty political tactics as the photograph was spread through Facebook before the DAP announced Dyana Sofya as its candidate.

“Besides that, the photograph is not that of Dyana Sofya but of an actress from the Philippines,” he told reporters today.

http://www.thesundaily.my/news/1056666

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IT’S NOMINATION DAY!

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Malaysiakini

7:40AM May 19, 2014

It’s nomination day for Teluk Intan polls

LIVE REPORT

9.30am: DAP’s Bukit Gelugor by-election candidate Ramkarpal Singh is spotted at the Pakatan camp outside the nomination centre.

Ramkarpal says he wishes to support Dyana.

“She is about to go through what I’m going through, so I wish her all the best. And I’m sure she will live up to the challenge,” he says.

The Bukit Gelugor polls will take place on May 25.

9.15am: Politicians from opposing camps greet each other in a rare show of comradeship.

Perak DAP chief Nga Kor Ming goes over to the BN camp and greets Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, Perak MB Zambry Abdul Kadir, Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and MCA president Liow Tiong Lai.

9.10am: Both the BN and DAP candidates are already in the nomination centre, but there is no sign of any independent candidates yet.

9am: SMK Seri Perak – The Election Commission (EC) returning officer Ibrahim Ahmad announces the commencement of the nominations.

DAP candidate Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud, garbed in a light green baju jurung, and BN candidate Mah Siew Keong, serious in his BN uniform, enter the nomination centre.

8.40am: Taman Cicely – BN candidate Mah Siew Keong arrives.

He is joined by BN deputy president Muhyiddin Yassin, who leads supporters o march towards SMK Seri Perak.

The number of supporters has now grown to over 1,000.

http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/263146

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Star

TELUK INTAN: Scores of supporters from Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Rakyat gathered near the nomination centre in Taman Cicely here Monday morning, ahead of nominations for the May 31 by-election.

Barisan supporters gathered opposite the nomination centre in SMK Seri Perak and were led by Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and Gerakan president Datuk Mah Siew Keong, the Barisan candidate.

Pakatan leaders and supporters have also started to march to the centre alongside DAP candidate Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud.

Barisan leaders present included Home Minister and Umno vice-president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Perak MCA chairman Datuk Dr Mah Hang Soon and other component party leaders. Nomination will close at 10am.

http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/05/19/Teluk-Intan-byelection-nomination-day/

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Free Malaysia Today

Dyana may not get the Malay votes

IPOH: DAP may not necessarily secure the Malay vote despite its choice of a Malay candidate in 26-year-old Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud for the coming Teluk Intan parliamentary by-election.

The Penang Malay Congress (PMC) president and a third voice proponent, Rahmad Isahak, said this is because DAP is against the adoption of hudud (Syariah Criminal Enactment) legislation.
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“While DAP may profess that the proposed law is unconstitutional or anti-secular, Muslims accept hudud as an integral part of Islam. As Muslims, we cannot reject it,” he said.

The pressure is actually now on Dyana Sofya, a political secretary to DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang to convince her comrades that the party must accept hudud, added Rahmad.

“Otherwise, she may only end up antagonising the Malay ground in Teluk Intan,” said Rahmad. “Also, the move by DAP is seen as insincere.”

http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2014/05/18/dyana-may-not-get-the-malay-votes/

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*Rajah Bomoh @ #1MalaysiaBomoh: Man who put Malaysia Bomoh (not Malaysia Boleh) on the world map!

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Bomoh 1M’sia hadir majlis BN, ramal Mah menang

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HAVE WE FORGOTTEN? Raja Bomoh was in Teluk Intan earlier in the year!

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the Sun daily

EC: Teluk Intan by-election on May 31

PUTRAJAYA: The Teluk Intan parliamentary by-election will be held on May 31, the Election Commission (EC) announced today.

Nomination would be on May 19 and early voting on May 27, said EC chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof (pix).

The by-election has been necessitated by the death of MP Seah Leong Peng of the DAP, on May 1. Seah, 48, had succumbed to cancer.

Abdul Aziz said the hall of Sekolah Menengah Seri Perak in Jalan Changkat Jong, Teluk Intan, would be used for the nomination as well as the tallying of votes.

Thirty-six polling centres would be set up, 35 of them with 120 polling streams for ordinary voting and one for early voting, he said.

“The by-election will incur a cost of about RM1.4 million, and 957 workers will be appointed,” he told a press conference.

EC: Teluk Intan by-election on May 31

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the Sun daily

Mah top BN bet for Teluk Intan

Mah top BN bet for Teluk Intan

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Malaysiakini

5:19PM May 14, 2014

Kit Siang’s pol-sec may stand in Teluk Intan

TELUK INTAN DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang’s political secretary Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud may be fielded as the candidate in the Teluk Intan parliamentary by-election in an attempt to woo Malay votes following its adamant stance in rejecting hudud.

Dyana is one of the names to whom the party’s candidate selection committee is looking at, said a source from the central leadership.

http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/262774

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