Metamorphosis

DAP Leaders Utilizing Blogs as Political Tool in Malaysia During Hulu Selangor By-election.

In the 2008 general election that was deemed a political "tsunami" for the BN, MIC deputy president and four-term MP Datuk G. Palanivel failed to retain the Hulu Selangor seat, losing by a 198-majority to PKR's Datuk Dr Zainal Abidin Ahmad. Dr Zainal Abidin died on March 25 this year, necessitating the
by-election.

The Barisan Nasional (BN) recaptured the Hulu Selangor parliamentary seat after its candidate P. Kamalanathan of the MIC beat prominent lawyer and ex-minister Datuk Zaid Ibrahim of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) with a 1,725-vote majority in one of the toughest by-elections since the 2008 general election.

Kent Wei