Tag: batang air by-election

PRS pledges 'honest campaign' for Batang Ai

Joe Fernandez (Malaysiakini) Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) leaders readily concede that the battle for Batang Ai, expected to kick off within the next 60 days, will be an uphill battle for them, given the plethora of issues emerging from the woodwork. MCPX Nevertheless, they have

Batang Ai, but for whom?

Malasysian Insider FEB 26 — Fate has not intervened in the destiny of Malaysian politics for a while until now. The last time it did, we lost several national leaders in the 1970s, bringing forth Tun Hussein Onn and later Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

By-Election For Batang Ai Says EC

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 24 (Bernama) — There has to be a by-election for the Sarawak state assembly seat of Batang Ai following the death of assemblyman Datuk Dublin Unting today.

Pakatan faces acid test in Batang Air

Tony Thien (Malaysiakini) All eyes are now focused on the predominantly-Iban Batang Air by-election, which is expected to be called soon following the demise of the incumbent representative and state assistant minister Dublin Unting Ingkot. Unting, a Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) vice-president, failed to recover

PRS state rep Dublin Unting dies

Malaysiakini Sarawak Assistant Minister for Sports and Agriculture Dublin Unting Ingkot, 53, passed away at 1.26am today. He fell into a coma following a stroke in May last year after he gave a radio interview in Kuching and subsequently underwent a three-hour surgery to remove

By-election confirmed for Batang Ai

Malaysian Insider PUTRAJAYA, Feb 24 – There has to be a by-election for the Sarawak state assembly seat of Batang Ai following the death of assemblyman Datuk Dublin Unting today.