SURVEY | It’s the end of the year and Malaysiakini is once again letting its readers decide what they think is the most important news of 2020.
A total of 1,013 readers participated in this year’s survey.
They voted by entering a score on each of the 18 stories selected by Malaysiakini: from 0 (lowest interest) to 10 votes (highest).
Here are the top news for 2020 …
Charged again: Corruption Accusations Against Former Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng and his wife, Betty Chew (4,845 votes)
Press under pressure: Charge of contempt of court in Malaysiakini, Code Blue investigated by report of hospital fire, Al Jazeera attacked by documentary (5,336 votes)
Foreign workers under attack: Al Jazeera raid, immigration crackdown and Covid-19 outbreaks in camps, deportation of whistleblower Rayhan Kabir (5,630 votes)
Race and religion policy: Distorted Bible, Kedah MB’s toddy comments, motion to restrict liquor sales (5,755 votes)
A string of ADNA: Riza Abdul Aziz, Musa Aman, and Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor. There will be more? (5,782 votes)
Anwar’s movement: Harapan leader Anwar Ibrahim claimed to have a “formidable majority” to overthrow the PN, and so far does not support it (5,923 votes).
Budget 2021: Controversy over the vote on the supply bill and the revival of Jasa along with the budget of RM 85.5 million (6,071 votes)
Realignment of political forces: Bersatu, Umno, PAS, Pejuang, Muda, Warisan, GPS, PN, Muafakat, Harapan and more. Confused Yet? (6,172 votes)
Endless water crisis: Selangor hit by water cuts again and again, mainly due to water pollution (6,232 votes)
Heritage expelled in Sabah: Defections from the Warisan government led to state elections in September. Bersatu-Umno and his allies won (6,295 votes)
Neglect of quarantine: Ministers / MPs / VIPs ignored Covid’s SOP, including Khairuddin Aman Razali on his return from Turkey (6,722 votes)
Offer by emergency rule: Muhyiddin Yassin tried to impose a state of emergency in the wake of the third wave of Covid-19, but was rejected by Agong (6,783 votes).
The third wave: Triggered by the Sabah state elections in September, a new wave of Covid-19 reaches a record in new cases (7,030 votes)
States change hands: The Sheraton Move resulted in changes at the state level: Johor, Malacca, Perak and Kedah (7,089 votes)
Nation under blockade: MCO, CMCO, RMCO, EMCO: the various motion control orders keeping Malaysians at home (7547 votes)
COVID-19 pandemic: The once-in-a-lifetime pandemic infected 70 million people and killed 1.6 million. Malaysia is not saved (8,036 votes)
Najib found guilty: Former Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak sentenced to 12 years in prison for his case involving former 1MDB subsidiary SRC (8,242 votes)
Sheraton Move and Harapan Fall: Azmin Ali led a group of PKR defectors to endorse Muhyiddin as prime minister after Dr. Mahathir Mohamad resigned (8,328 votes)
