Netmoirs of A Solemn Rover

Ijok – No Joke (Pt.2)

BN secured victory in Ijok and kicked PKR once more thus denying the come back of the former DPM, Anwar Ibrahim. As usual the by-election was 'decorated' (marred?) with violence, heavy presence of police and alleged phantom voters. Surprisingly, the majority was even larger (1,850) than the previous election results (1,649) BUT Ijok witnessed a swing of Chinese votes to PKR. Chinese voters are known to have use votes 'wisely' either to return favour OR punish the current runners. History...

Ijok – No Joke (Pt.1)

Ijok ain't no joke. I showed more interest in Ijok compared to Batu Talam and Machap despite the latter was contested by Chinese. It wasn't about that Chinese/DAP contested seats aren't 'hot' to be noticed, but due to the fact that Machap was chink-on-chink thing and Batu Talam was a no-name contestant versus an UMNO old-timer; I don't see anything interesting in those two as BN are not picking someone their own size. Similarly, both opposition candidates for Batu Talam and Machap are...