Malaysians voted on Wednesday in a cliffhanger election pitting Prime Minister Najib Razak’s coalition against a resurgent opposition led by 92-year-old former leader Mahathir Mohamad, but the government is expected to clinch a narrow win. Leaders from the opposition alliance and ruling party politicians claimed their communications were being disrupted by non-stop spam calls on their mobile phones as voting progressed. Under Malaysia’s first-past-the-post system, the party or alliance with the majority of seats in the 222-member parliament wins. At the last election in 2013, BN lost the majority vote in its worst performance ever, but pulled in 133 seats. The prime minister, who was chairman of 1MDB’s advisory board, has denied any wrongdoing.

Source: Hindustan Times May 09, 2018 04:41 UTC