More than 1.1 million people in Sarawak state on Borneo island are voting for 82 lawmakers in the state assembly. Najib's National Front coalition will retain Sarawak, but he is hoping for a big victory in the lead-up to national polls due in 2018. Scandal-ridden Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak is seeking a big win for his ruling coalition in elections Saturday in the country's biggest state, in the hopes of staving off corruption allegations threatening his rule. "It is fairly obvious that Najib is looking for a big win in Sarawak to use as political capital and momentum for the next federal polls," Chin said. A Malaysian parliamentary inquiry recently found massive unexplained payments and called for a police investigation of the fund's former head.

Source: Fox News May 06, 2016 21:18 UTC