Half the battle won for MCA


In the limelight: Chew talking to the press after the announcement of the polls results in Bukit Angkat.

This by-election results can be seen as a breakthrough for MCA which saw its performance in the general election plunging from having 107 seats in 2004 to 46 in 2008 and 18 last year.

HUDDLED in a makeshift tent to get updates on the vote counting, MCA supporters knew they had lost the by-election by 7pm.

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