Malaysiakini nominated 17 candidates for the Newsmaker of 2019 award. A total of 2,167 Malaysiakini readers participated in the seven-day poll. They voted by indicating their preference for each of the nominees – 0 being the lowest and 10 the highest.
A newsmaker is defined as “someone whose actions make news headlines, who effects the course of public discourse and creates an impact in Malaysian politics, for better or worse”.
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The winner is...
Convicted killer and Najib accuser
Scored 15,318 pts