Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi berkata, acuan ditetapkan Barat dalam Indeks Kebebasan Media tidak bersesuaian untuk Malaysia khususnya penilaian berkaitan isu sensitif melibatkan 3R (raja, agama dan kaum).
Initially given two seats, last-minute negotiations within Barisan Nasional now lands MCA with the staunchly DAP seats of Kota Laksamana and Bandar Hilir
Besides notable incumbents defending their seats such as Melaka CM Datuk Seri Ab Rauf Yusoh and Melaka Pakatan chief Adly Zahari, the Prime Minister’s political secretary Datuk Azman Abidin will contest his maiden election in Paya Rumput
