Day 4 | Penang DAP scraps subsidy for undergraduates to travel back for polls
GE15 LIVE DAY 4 | It's Day 4 of the 15th general election campaign period, and there are 10 days to go before polling day.
Follow our live blog as the Malaysiakini team brings you the news as it takes place.
Penang DAP cancels subsidy for varsity students’ plan
3.10pm: Penang DAP cancels the offer to subsidise travel costs for varsity students to travel back for voting.
According to their legal adviser RSN Rayer, Penang DAP legal team was worried that the initiative would be misinterpreted as vote-buying, which is an offence under Sections 10 and 20 of the Election Offences Act.
Rayer is also the Harapan candidate for Jelutong parliamentary seat.
Meanwhile, Harapan’s Tanjong candidate Lim Hui Ying tells the media that they are yet to receive any related application on the matter.
Anwar: Mahathir's 'out' to split votes
3pm: Harapan chairperson Anwar Ibrahim calls former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad and his party Pejuang’s participation in GE15 as a tactic to "split votes."
According to the PKR president, Mahathir is no longer relevant in the country's political landscape.
PKR president Anwar Ibrahim
"Enough with (the other leaders), Mahathir, don't bother him anymore.
"He's 'out', just wants to split votes, and I would like to urge voters to not split their votes," Berita Harian quoted Anwar as saying during his ceramah in Tangkak, Johor, today.
He then urged voters in Ledang to vote for Harapan.
"Enough with (the other leaders), Mahathir, don't bother him anymore.
"He's 'out', just wants to split votes, and I would like to urge voters to not split their votes," Berita Harian quoted Anwar as saying during his ceramah in Tangkak, Johor, today.
He then urged voters in Ledang to vote for Harapan.
Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad
Anwar, who will be contesting in the Tambun parliamentary seat in GE15, also dismisses Mahathir's claim that he has a secret pact with BN chairperson Ahmad Zahid Hamidi - calling it slander.
Mahathir's Pejuang will contest 161 parliamentary and state seats in GE15.
Govt studying proposal to declare special holiday on Nov 18
2.50pm: Caretaker prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob says the government is studying a proposal for a special holiday to be declared on eve of polling day, reported Bernama.
Anwar, who will be contesting in the Tambun parliamentary seat in GE15, also dismisses Mahathir's claim that he has a secret pact with BN chairperson Ahmad Zahid Hamidi - calling it slander.
Mahathir's Pejuang will contest 161 parliamentary and state seats in GE15.
Govt studying proposal to declare special holiday on Nov 18
2.50pm: Caretaker prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob says the government is studying a proposal for a special holiday to be declared on eve of polling day, reported Bernama.
Caretaker prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob
This will allow locals to travel to required locations to cast their ballots in GE15 on Nov 19.
Yesterday, the Congress of Unions of Employees in Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs) proposed that the government declare Nov 18 a special public holiday to ease the voting process.
Police probing Razman's remarks
1.35pm: Police have opened an investigation paper into allegations that Perikatan Nasional (PN) candidate for the Gunong Semanggol state seat Razman Zakaria (above) had made defamatory and malicious remarks against Pakatan Harapan during a recent speech, according to Bernama.
Perak police chief Mohd Yusri Hassan Basri said police received a report from a 32-year-old man regarding a video recording of the alleged event, which has gone viral since Sunday.
The investigation is being carried out under Section 505(b) of the Penal Code and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998, he says in a statement today.
He also advises party supporters to comply with all laws and regulations and give their full cooperation to the authorities during the 15th general election, especially during the campaign.
In the meantime, Yusri says police received five reports regarding the election yesterday, with only one investigation paper opened so far.
He also says that police had approved permits for 123 political talks in the state while 19 others were held without a permit.
More than 200 Harapan flags dumped in ditch
1.30pm: Kluang, Johor - More than 200 Pakatan Harapan flags put up along a path in Kampung Parit Kuari near Ayer Hitam have been removed and dumped into a ditch, believed to have been done by some irresponsible persons, according to Bernama.
Harapan's candidate for the Ayer Hitam parliamentary seat Sheikh Umar Bagharib Ali in a post on his Facebook says party workers who planted the flags realised what had happened at about 8am yesterday after only six hours they were put up.
This will allow locals to travel to required locations to cast their ballots in GE15 on Nov 19.
Yesterday, the Congress of Unions of Employees in Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs) proposed that the government declare Nov 18 a special public holiday to ease the voting process.
Police probing Razman's remarks
1.35pm: Police have opened an investigation paper into allegations that Perikatan Nasional (PN) candidate for the Gunong Semanggol state seat Razman Zakaria (above) had made defamatory and malicious remarks against Pakatan Harapan during a recent speech, according to Bernama.
Perak police chief Mohd Yusri Hassan Basri said police received a report from a 32-year-old man regarding a video recording of the alleged event, which has gone viral since Sunday.
The investigation is being carried out under Section 505(b) of the Penal Code and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998, he says in a statement today.
He also advises party supporters to comply with all laws and regulations and give their full cooperation to the authorities during the 15th general election, especially during the campaign.
In the meantime, Yusri says police received five reports regarding the election yesterday, with only one investigation paper opened so far.
He also says that police had approved permits for 123 political talks in the state while 19 others were held without a permit.
More than 200 Harapan flags dumped in ditch
1.30pm: Kluang, Johor - More than 200 Pakatan Harapan flags put up along a path in Kampung Parit Kuari near Ayer Hitam have been removed and dumped into a ditch, believed to have been done by some irresponsible persons, according to Bernama.
Harapan's candidate for the Ayer Hitam parliamentary seat Sheikh Umar Bagharib Ali in a post on his Facebook says party workers who planted the flags realised what had happened at about 8am yesterday after only six hours they were put up.
"We are very disappointed with this kind of gangster politics and condemn any party that uses dirty tactics in the election.
"This attitude smears democracy which allows political parties to campaign healthily and in accordance with the rules set by the Election Commission (EC) and also the authorities," he says.
The Johor DAP vice-chairperson also instructs Harapan Ayer Hitam workers not to take any retaliatory action that contravenes election laws.
"We will continue to fight and campaign ethically. We will also continue to work hard to ensure Harapan's victory in the Ayer Hitam parliamentary seat," he says.
Meanwhile, Batu Pahat District Police chief Ismail Dollah, when contacted by Bernama today, says police have not yet received any reports regarding incidents of political party flags being removed or thrown away.
The Ayer Hitam seat is seeing a three-cornered fight between incumbent Wee Ka Siong from BN, PN candidate Muhammad Syafiq A Aziz and Sheikh Umar.
In GE14, Wee won the seat by a narrow majority of 303 votes.
All I am curious about is where GTA is getting the money to pay for the deposits its candidates will lose in the election.
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