Dan Guen Chin

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Johor losses leave MCA on ‘brink of irrelevance’

By Dan Guen Chin -

07 May

JOHOR BARU — The “Chinese tsunami”, which Prime Minister Najib Razak cited as a cause of the Barisan Nasional’s (BN) losses in Sunday’s general election, may have also wiped out...

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Democracy quest could sway ‘fixed deposit’ Sabah

By Dan Guen Chin -

04 May

KOTA KINABALU — Unlike five years ago, when the political tsunami that swept through Malaysia left Sabah untouched, there are signs that things could change this time around.

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Sabah natives want ‘ancestral’ land back

By Dan Guen Chin -

03 May

KOTA KINABALU — As Malaysians go to the polls on Sunday, the issue of land ownership has risen to the fore, with the Kadazandusun people — the largest indigenous group in Sabah ...

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Lahad Datu villagers struggle to get their lives back to normal

By Dan Guen Chin -

02 May

LAHAD DATU — Army and police personnel saved their lives and homes fighting off armed Filipino clansmen in February, but the villagers in Lahad Datu are still disgruntled.

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PKR urges Sabah voters to follow in Selangor’s footsteps

By Dan Guen Chin -

01 May

KOTA KINABALU — Holding up Selangor as an example, caretaker Mentri Besar of Selangor Abdul Khalid Ibrahim urged Sabahans to look at how the opposition-held state has been run...

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The great social media divide

By Dan Guen Chin, Philip Goh -

01 May

While Malaysia’s 13th General Election has been dubbed as the country’s first “social media election” — and despite the authorities’ efforts to provide Internet access to...

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3 opposition leaders ‘behind Sulu killings’

By Dan Guen Chin -

27 April

KOTA KINABALU— A relevation that the Defence Ministry has identified three Malaysian opposition leaders — including one from Sabah — to be behind the armed invasion in Lahad...

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What Kadazandusuns want from Barisan

By Dan Guen Chin -

26 April

KOTA KINABALU — They make up just an estimated 18 per cent of Sabah’s population of three million and lack the numbers to decide the coming General Election.