Elections in Taiwan and Malaysia - Part II

Malaysia: Election results in Malaysia show a crushing success of the ruling coalition. The party was able to win back Terengganu as a State that was lost to the opposition party PAS in the 1999 election. It also appears that they might have won or at least made major inroads in another state called Kelantan that was hold by PAS since 1990.

Taiwan: Taiwan appears to be in an "unhappy" state after the close victory of incumbent Chen Shui Bian. As reported, he won by a thin margin of about 30,000 votes. His victory has been attributed to the assassination attempt on Friday, March 19 and critics claim that the attempt was staged to give him an emotional advantage. However, this might be difficult – how to stage an assassination attempt? The car was moving, he was moving or waving to supporters, there were plenty of people around – dangerous. One wrong move, wrong timing, and the shot would have gone elsewhere. Investigations are ongoing and we will keep reporting.

(By Asia Business Consulting)