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Latest newsSarawak Goes to the polls KUCHING: Polling for Sarawakâs 10th state election started at 8am Saturday. The 979,796 registered voters in the state will choose from 213 candidates to fill the 71 seats of the State Legislative Assembly. A total of 1,749 polling centres located in schools, community halls, longhouses and multi-purpose halls have been set up. They will remain opened until 5pm.
Sarawak Goes to the polls
The campaign saw long-serving Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud, who has been in power for three decades, being the main target of Pakatan's campaign while BN went for its tried-and-tested 'development' card.
Momentary chaos at Kuching rally Chaos struck a DAP-organised rally in Kuching late this evening when the police stormed the stage to stop Sarawak DAP founder Chong Siew Chiang from speaking. What's New
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Southeastern Asia, peninsula bordering Thailand and northern one-third of the island of Borneo, bordering Indonesia, Brunei, and the South China Sea, south of Vietnam
History
During the late 18th and 19th centuries, Great Britain established colonies and protectorates in the area of current Malaysia; these were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. In 1948, the British-ruled territories on the Malay Peninsula formed the Federation of Malaya, which became independent in 1957. Malaysia was formed in 1963 when the former British colonies of Singapore and the East Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak on the northern coast of Borneo joined the Federation. The first several years of the country's history were marred by Indonesian efforts to control Malaysia, Philippine claims to Sabah, and Singapore's secession from the Federation in 1965.
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