6pm: DAP Serdang MP Teo Nie Ching admits that the situation is rather precarious for DAP Meradong candidate Ting Tze Fui."SPDP is going all out in Meradong. Buaya (crocodiles) from Bintulu are swimming here too. Our situation is not good. So Tze Fui fans, please act!" she tweeted.The post was a response to a 'fan' on Twitter complimenting a billboard of Ting recently erected there.On the billboard, the sweet-faced incumbent candidate is photographed cuddling DAP's Sarawak polls mascot Ubah.She is one of DAP's four young female candidates nicknamed the 'beauty assassins'. 7pm: Along the one-hour road from Sri Aman to Betong, PKR candidates' posters are still nowhere to be seen. Only PKR flags are flying along the road. On the contrary, BN candidates' posters are seen at every bus stop and on billboards at every junction.According to PKR vice-president Fuziah Salleh yesterday, the posters were being delivered statewide from Kuching since yesterday afternoon.
7.45pm: In Kuching, an estimated crowd of 1,000 has gathered at a vacant lot near the roundabout with the famous cat statue for a DAP ceramah despite the absence of top national opposition leaders.A total of four opposition ceramah are being held in the Kuching area - three by DAP and one by PKR.The Pakatan Rakyat candidates for five seats - Padungan, Pending, Batu Lintang, Kota Sentosa and Batu Kawah - are scheduled to circulate through all five venues tonight.Meanwhile BN's five Kuching contenders are at a forum to discuss Pakatan Rakyat's policies.
8pm: DAP's Teo Nie Ching has tweeted that the police has suddenly revoked one of DAP's ceramah permits in Kuching.“The police are on the way to disperse people now. Ubah is angry!” read her tweet.
8.02pm: In Kuching, incumbent Pending state assemblyperson Violet Yong gets the crowd of about 1,000 to sing her modified version of Grasshopper's "Bao Bei Dui Bu Qi", in which the chorus goes "If Pai Mao (Taib) doesn't dao (fall), the people will eat cao (grass)".
8.06pm: In Sibu, the DAP ceramah in Kg Dato sees a strong crowd of 600. The ceramah kicks off with a rendition of the Sarawak state anthem. This is followed by Selangor senior exco Teresa Kok making a fiery speech against the wrongdoings of Sarawak chief minister Abdul Taib Mahmud. Kg Dato is a Malay area located under Bawang Assan state constituency. It is a SUPP stronghold where the incumbent state minister Wong Soon Koh is contesting his fifth term. DAP Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng is to be the main speaker tonight.
8.10pm: It begins to drizzle in Sibu. However, the crowd appears well-prepared and many people came with umbrellas.Teresa Kok has just finished her speech. She rushes off to Sarikei, which is an hour drive from Sibu town.DAP is contesting Meradong and Repok state seats, both under the Sarikei parliamentary seat.
8.15pm: In another part of Sibu, SUPP ceramah at Jalan Pedada attracted around 250 people.Expected speakers include Dudong candidate Tiong Thai King, Bukit Assek candidate Chieng Buong Toon and Sibu Municipal Council deputy chairman Daniel Ngieng.Between the speakers, the emcee also showed an advertisement billboard in Jawi in Kelantan and Kedah, and warned the crowd about the danger of Islamic state.As Sibu starts drizzle, some of those in the crowd seek shelter in the 'kaki lima' (sidewalks) of shophouses nearby.
8.20pm: In Layar, Selangor Mentri Besar Khalid Ibrahim arrives at Kampung Baru Ulu Betong to campaign for PKR's candidate Stanny Embat. He is the star speaker at tonight's ceramah but there are only around 100 people, mostly PKR members, present.Layar is the stronghold of deputy chief minister Alfred Jabu, who is seeking his eighth consecutive term in this state election. Stanny says he is confident of becoming the 'giant killer'. "The past candidates were weak but I had visited 82 longhouses since I joined PKR in 2009. I visited some of the longhouses five to six times already," said the debutant.
8.30pm: In Kuching, despite the slight drizzle, the crowd is growing at the 'Car Roundabout' in the city. It is difficult to give a estimatebecause the vacant land is large.
8.50pm: In Sibu, the crowd continue to arrive at the ceramah held at Kg Dato, which is under the Bawang Assan state area. The crowd size is now estimated at 2,500.
9pm: Kuching - Despite no star speakers and the slight drizzle since 8pm, the crowd size at the DAP ceramah in Trivillion Commercial Centre has slowly climbed up to about 2,000.There is no sign of police. The speakers scheduled to speak included four DAP candidates in the Kuching area.
9.05pm: Kuching - The crowd in PKR Batu Lintang ceramah has grown to 300 people. PKR is using the opportunity to collect signatures of protest against price hikes. Like the DAP ceramah across town, there is no prominent speakers tonight. The crowd applauds when PKR Batu Lintang candidate See Chee How tells them that Pakatan Rakyat promises to set up a commission to investigate Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud's wealth if it takes over government on April 16. "In the rural areas, he is taking land in tens and thousands hectares. That's why we estimate more than 1.5 million hectares belonging to him, BN and his cronies," said the lawyer, who is known for his work to defend native customary right land.
9.45pm: In Sibu, the crowd at the DAP ceramah has grown to around 5,000 people, many stand on the roadside to hear the speakers.DAP national vice-chairperson Tan Kok Wai urges the voters to reject Taib Mahmud and BN."Although he is not the richest in the world, but I think he is therichest in Asia. Even the Brunei sultan is envious of him."
9.53pm: In Batu Lintang, Kuching - Gopeng MP Dr Lee Boon Chye says: "I got a message, leaked from internal sources in BN, saying that BN will lose 26 seats in election."I still think they are overstating BN's strength. I am confident that in the interiors we can get an extra 25 seats and change the government in Sarawak."The cardiologist said that he knows SUPP Pending candidate Dr Sim Kui Hian, who is a fellow cardiologist."They say he's a good man, but good men don't do evil things," he said.
10.05pm: In Miri, thousands of people attended the DAP ceramah at the town centre, all waiting for party supremo Lim Kit Siang to speak, who is expected to be the last leader to take the podium.DAP Rasah MP Anthony Loke claimed that the crowd has reached 10,000-strong.This is the second night in a row that DAP leaders have claimed they have drawn an unprecedented crowd size of 10,000. Yesterday, Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim and Penang Chief Minister and DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng spoke at the mammoth rally.However, observers have put the last night's crowd at around 4,000.
10.10pm: In Kuching, Pakatan is now actively campaigning against its former assemblyperson and now Independent candidate Dominique Ng in Padungan.At the ceramah in Batu Lintang, Gopeng MP Dr Lee Boon Chye called to constituents of Padungan (about 15 minutes drive away) who are in the audience to look beyond individuals and vote for Pakatan coalition member DAP."It is not about individuals but the future of the people of Sarawak," he said. PKR has so far managed to collect RM3,200 in donations from tonight's ceramah.
Sumber : Malaysiakini
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