KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 – Pakatan Rakyat (PR) won in 59 mixed-race federal seats, almost double its 30 wins in Chinese-majority seats in Malaysia’s Election 2013, according to a new research, debunking
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 – Pakatan Rakyat (PR) won in 59 mixed-race federal seats, almost double its 30 wins in Chinese-majority seats in Malaysia’s Election 2013, according to a new research, debunking
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OLEH CLARA CHOOIPENOLONG PENGARANG BERITA KUALA LUMPUR, 22 Mei — Ahli Parlimen Pakatan Rakyat (PR) berikrar akan menggunakan peningkatan kerusi Parlimen mereka untuk memastikan kawasan pilihan raya dilakar semula secara adil apabila Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) melakukan persempadanan semula akhir tahun ini.Ahli Parlimen Pandan Rafizi Ramli mengingatkan aktiviti itu akan menyebabkan peningkatan jumlah kerusi dan undi majoriti dua pertiga diperlukan untuk mengesahkan perubahan sebelum
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