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PETALING JAYA: PKR secretary-general Datuk Saifuddin Nasution Ismail (pic) was blocked from entering Sarawak after arriving in Sibu at 11am on Tuesday to help candidates in PKR's Balingian campaign.

"Upon arrival in Sibu this morning, he was informed by an officer that a directive to block him from entering the State was issued by the Sarawak Chief Minister's office on Saturday," said PKR communications director Fahmi Fadzil in a press statement.

Fahmi also said that Saifuddin is now waiting for a flight back to Kuala Lumpur.

Supporters from both sides of the political divide go all out to woo voters until the last minute.

KAJANG: Traffic near polling stations in Kajang almost came to a halt as people came out in droves to cast their votes.

The elderly and wheelchair-bound were among the first to arrive.

Candidates – PKR president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail and MCA vice-president Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun – visited polling stations to greet voters.

MCA president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai and party leaders also visited polling stations to lend their support to Chew.

KAJANG: Police have detained a man over incidents during balloting in Sunday's by-election.

Selangor police chief Datuk Mohd Shukri Dahlan said the man was detained for trying to obstruct police from dismantling a tent at the Jalan Taman Delima junction here.

The 43-year-old man was said to have scolded a policeman by using vulgar words and preventing police from bringing down the tent as ordered by the Election Commission (EC).

KAJANG: The Election Commission has dismissed claims by PKR that there was a sudden spike in the number of advance voters who will cast their ballots today, saying there are only 17 new voters since the last general election.

EC chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof said in the last electoral roll used for the May 5 polls, Kajang constituency has 1,180 advance voters comprising police personnel and their spouses.

“For the Kajang by-election, we are using the latest electoral roll which is till Jan 26. The number of advance voters in Kajang to date is 1,197.

KAJANG: MCA president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai urged everyone to be sensitive to the feelings of families affected by the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 that went missing since Saturday.

He said certain quarters were using the incident to gain political mileage in the run-up to the March 23 by-election.

“Be ethical and responsible because the family members of the passengers and crew on board the missing flight are going through a very difficult time now.

PUTRAJAYA: The Election Commission will make a detailed study of the provisions in the Federal Constitution and the Selangor Constitution on Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s eligibility to contest the Kajang state by-election.

This followed the verdict of the Court of Appeal, which found him guilty of sodomising his former aide Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan, six years ago and sentenced to five years’ jail on Friday.

While declaring he was not opposed to any contest for position in the upcoming March party election, PKR de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (pic)  today said the “spirit of friendship” had to be maintained.

The Kajang by-election will be a battle between Pakatan Rakyat and Barisan Nasional candidates, said Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, dismissing the independent candidates who have thrown their hats into the ring. 

Former Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Mohd Zaid Ibrahim is set to make a comeback in the political arena.

On Friday, he announced that he intended to contest in the upcoming Kajang by-election.

Mohd Zaid, in his latest blog posting, said that contesting the seat would enable him to address numerous political and economic issues the country is currently facing.