cross-posted from: https://monyet.cc/post/268819

Part One Here

The Malaysia 2023 state elections happening in Kedah, Kelantan, Penang, Terengganu, Selangor and Negri Sembilan. This post will bring you coverage of the election day, and will be updated from time to time, with fluff pieces cut out and summarised.

Voting counting will start from 6pm until all vote are count and all result are announced.

News Source: https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2023/08/941653/live-updates-2023-state-elections

Result Dashboard:
https://live.malaysiakini.com/state-elections-2023/en/

As of 7.20pm: (UNOFFICIAL) Kedah state election:

Mohamad Yusoff Zakaria (PN) - 457

Ridzwan Abu Bakar (PH) - 127

N.08 Pedu

Mohd Radzi Md Amin (PN) - 212

Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid (BN) - 60

N.1 Ayer Hangat

Shamsilah Siru (PN) - 167

Safwan Hanif Shafie (Independent) - 18

Hisham Suhaily Othman (BN) - 94

Zulfadli Mohd Yusoff (Independent) - 03

N.2 Kuah

Amar Pared Mahamud (PN) - 412 undi

Ahmad Fauzi Chik (PH) - 255 undi

Mazlan Ahmad (Bebas) - 09 undi

As of 7.15pm: (UNOFFICIAL) Selangor state election:

N.45 Bandar Baru Klang

Dr Quah Perng Fei (PH) - 4,494

Tan Seng Huat (PN) - 296

N.19 Bukit Antarabangsa

Perikatan Nasional (Sasha Lyna) - 239

Pakatan Harapan (Kamri Kamaruddin) -90

Muda (Melanie Ting) - 4

N.50 Kota Kemuning

Preakas Sampunathan (PH) - 618

Jimmy Chew Jyh Gang (PN) - 66

N.52 Banting

Papparaidu Veraman (PH) - 392

Ang Wei Yang (Independent) - 19

Saravanan Mutto Krishnan (PN) - 6

As of 7.10pm:

N.36 Bandar Utama

Aliff Taufid (PN) - 136

Jamaliah Jamaluddin (PH) - 57

Abe Lim (Muda) - 2

N.41 Batu Tiga

Cheda Razak (Muda) - 656

Danial Al-Rashid (PH) - 424

Rina Harun (PN) - 42

N.23 Dusun Tua

Azhar Hambali (PN) - 1,517

Johan Abd Aziz (BN) - 520

Al Hafiz Ikhwan Mohamad Asaad (Muda) - 22

N.27 Balakong

Wayne Ong Chun Wei (PH) - 2,491

Steven Lai (PN) - 244

N.28 Seri Kembangan

Wong Siew Ki (PH) - 529

Liau Wei Jian (PN) - 91

Wong Jung Lik (Independent) - 21

As of 7.00pm:

SHAH ALAM: Malaysian United Democratic Alliance (Muda) candidate Syaidiyah Izzati Nur Razak Maideen is leading the unofficial vote counting for Batu Tiga constituency as of 7pm.

According to SelangorKini, she recorded 656 votes and closely followed by Danial Al-Rashid Haron from Pakatan Harapan (PH) who garnered 424 votes so far.

Datuk Seri Rina Harun from Perikatan Nasional (PN) gotten 42 votes.

N.50 Kota Kemuning

Preakas Sampunathan (PH) - 618

Jimmy Chew Jyh Gang (PN) - 66

N.52 Banting

Papparaidu Veraman (PH) - 392

Ang Wei Yang (Independent) - 19

Saravanan Mutto Krishnan (PN) - 6

As of 6.57pm:

N.19 Bukit Antarabangsa

Sasha Lyna (PN) - 239

Kamri Kamaruddin (PH) -90

Melanie Ting (Muda) - 4

N.46 Pelabuhan Klang

Wan Hasrina Wan Hassan (PN) - 356

Azmizam Zaman Huri (PH) - 66

Syed Ahmad Putra Syed Isa (PRM) - 3

N.47 Pandamaran

Tony Leung Tuck Chee (PH) - 2,776

B. Gunalan (PN) - 880

Tan Kang Yap (PRM) - 25

SHAH ALAM: In Subang Jaya, Pakatan Harapan's Michelle Ng Mei Sze has taken an early lead with 396 votes as of 6.45pm.

Her opponents S. Gana of Perikatan Nasional and Zayd Shaukat of Muda have so far amassed 53 and 31 votes, respectively.

In Kampung Tunku, PH's Lim Yi Wei has also taken the lead with 794 votes compared to PN's Ruby Chin, who has 219 votes for now.

N.31 Subang Jaya

Michelle Ng Mei Sze (PH) - 396

S. Gana (PN) - 53

Zayd Shaukat (Muda) - 31

N.35 Kampung Tunku

Lim Yi Wei (PH) - 794

Ruby Chin (PN) - 219

6.40pm: (UNOFFICIAL) Selangor state election

SHAH ALAM: In the Kinrara state seat, Perikatan Nasional's Wong Yong Kang is leading his opponent, Pakatan Harapan's Ng Sze Han by 626 votes to 206 votes as of 6.45pm.

In Pandamaran, PN's Gunalan Balakrishnan is in the lead so far with 445 votes compared to Leong Tuck Chee of (257) and Tan Kang Yap of Parti Rakyat Malaysia, who has only two votes for now.

N.30 Kinrara

Wong Yong Kang (PN) - 626

Ng Sze Han (PH) - 206

N.47 Pandamaran

Gunalan Balakrishnan (PN) - 445

Leong Tuck Chee (PH) - 257

Tan Kang Yap (PRM) - 2

Asalnya I got it from the other forum I hang out in: https://www.metafilter.com/200233/a-tacitly-racist-game-of-telephone

And this comment was so interesting and hilarious: https://www.metafilter.com/200233/a-tacitly-racist-game-of-telephone#8437061

Adoi pakcik nak flex that Southern Chinese cuisine better but because it's 1960s USA, habis kena misunderstood gila babi by people who can't tell Asian ppl apart. Sekali we all also kena.

cross-posted from: https://monyet.cc/post/213184

It sounds like he's not sure what's the full extent of his medical condition. In the meantime there's a fund you can donate to (announced at end of vid).

It sounds like he's not sure what's the full extent of his medical condition. In the meantime there's a fund you can donate to (announced at end of vid).

DESPITE the Selangor state government giving its assurance that the Petaling Jaya Dispersal Link (PJD Link) project is subject to conditions for approval pending on their evaluation, four residents of Petaling Jaya and Kinrara have filed for Judicial Review of the controversial project.

Caretaker Selangor menteri besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shaari had told business radio station BFM that if the proposed highway turns out to be similar to the scrapped Kinrara-Damansara Expressway (KIDEX) project, then it will not be approved by the Selangor State government.

The four plaintiffs are residents from Petaling Jaya and Kinrara whose actions are coordinated by a residents’ group known as Persatuan Petaling Jaya Lestari which has engaged a lawyer to file the judicial review as they are unconvinced with Amirudin’s answer which hinges on the big “IF”.

The residents’ group wants a commitment from both the Works Ministry and the Selangor State Government that the project would not proceed as they claim that it would affect local businesses and result in environmental degradation.

Stuck this here instead of News because apparently this is being positioned as an election issue. (apparently got petition but only seen on the flyer pic, so, RIP accessibility. Anyway: saynotopjdlink.org )

I really like Malay Mail's reporting recently, they've really put in the work (and I hope it's because there's more resources?) to provide info and contextualize the news. The article goes into the business side of the their incorporation in the country.

ETA: oh they got it from SoyaCincau? Tarik balik compliment.

cross-posted from: https://monyet.cc/post/143568

The country also has a large, diverse, and well-trained talent base that is capable of executing almost any job imaginable. In its most recent Southeast Animation Study, MDEC found that studios in Malaysia and Southeast Asia at large had employees with expertise in a wide range of fields including animators, modelers, compositors, designers, producers, cg specialists, vfx, and more

#SoutheastAsia #Malaysia #Animation

By BENJAMIN LEE Tuesday, 25 Jul 2023

PETALING JAYA: Eight years ago, seven Orang Asli students who ran away from a boarding school in Kelantan were lost in a dense forest for 47 days, and only two were found – barely alive and badly emaciated.

Five others died in the ordeal.

Yesterday, their families found closure.

The government has agreed to a RM1.41mil settlement for the case, which saw the children, from SK Tohoi in Gua Musang, run away from the school hostel in August 2015 as they feared punishment. (...) Siti, who was supposed to be the trial’s first witness, said the settlement included RM60,000 in legal costs as well as another RM160,000 from insurance companies.

Found the longer backstory from the BBC back when the story broke: The runaway children Malaysia failed to save:

They decided to leave, they say, because some older children had been beaten by one of the teachers for swimming in the river and they feared they would be next. Norieen, her seven-year-old brother Haikal, Miksudiar, and four other girls aged between seven and nine all ran into the forest on the morning of 23 August.

The children chewed leaves but couldn't find much else to eat. The only fruit they could reach proved hard and indigestible.

Then Norieen's brother, Haikal, fell into the river as he was trying to drink and the other children were too weak to help him. "He just floated away," says his mother, Midah Angah. "Most likely he quickly drowned."

Meanwhile a seven-year-old girl, Juvina, broke her leg and could no longer walk. One evening she begged for food and the next morning Norieen woke up to find her lying dead next to her. Norieen took the younger girl to one side and covered her with leaves.

"She watched what happens to a dead body over a few days," says Midah. "Flies landing on her eyes and mouth, her hair falling out and maggots crawling out of her. She saw so many terrible things."

Ika, a nine-year-old girl, died of her injuries after she was impaled by bamboo in a fall from a steep river bank.

Linda, aged eight, somehow ended up in the water and it was this that eventually helped searchers find the survivors.

Just off the muddy track that leads from the school to the village, overlooking the Sungai Perias river, is one of those rare spots in the rainforest where you can get a mobile phone signal, and here, on 7 October - 45 days after the children disappeared - a logging truck driver pulled up to make a call.

Saja menyibuk on twt but Twitterjaya don't care about X but a mutual is gonna headline this. I can't go but looks cute!

Eh the link tak jadi, here's the announcement

Not Malaysia-specific, but extremely relevant.

A reverse effect to traffic generation is the phenomenon of “traffic evaporation”: traffic that disappears when road space is reallocated from private vehicles to more sustainable modes of transport like walking, cycling and public transportation. While traffic evaporation has been well-documented for more than 20 years, most decision- and opinion-makers are still under the impression that reducing car lanes will make traffic worse.

All this does not mean that cities don’t require adequate road connectivity among rural areas and other cities. But reducing road space for cars in denser areas while improving areas for walking, cycling and public transportation clearly does not produce the chaos many believe it will. It is actually a more sustainable and equitable way of improving mobility in dense and fast-growing cities

I haven't been to Penang in years but this entire walking video is such an indictment weh. (ETA: adding hashtags, to see if it gets fetched) #TootSEA #MYToots

Random news but saja sharing, because apparently those opposing it been calling the scheme their 1MDB. So uh, terima kasih bossku. Eg: Filipinos slam Marcos’ sovereign fund idea amid fears it could end up like Malaysia’s 1MDB