SURVEY | For the past 20 years, Malaysiakini has, without fail, been named one of the top news creators by lowering the curtain of the year.
A news maker is defined as “someone whose actions make headlines, affect the course of public discourse and impact Malaysian politics, for better or for worse.”
Malaysiakini has nominated 22 candidates for the Newsmaker of 2020 award.
A total of 1,013 respondents participated in the survey. They voted indicating their preference for each of the nominees, with 0 being the lowest and 10 votes being the highest.
And here is your verdict …
Zuraida Kamaruddin, Azmin’s key ally who helped weaken the PKR (4,011 votes)
Annuar Musa |, minister of federal territories and chief of information for Umno, seen as a solid supporter of PN (4,104 votes)
Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri, minister in charge of Islamic affairs who was infected by Covid after visiting Sabah (4,134 votes)
Tengku Zafrul Aziz, who resigned from CIMB to be Minister of Finance (4,298 votes)
Ismail Sabri Yaakob, senior minister (security), spokesperson for the National Security Council (4,506 votes)
Azhar Azizan Harun | AKA Art Harun, who resigned from the Election Commission and was appointed Speaker of the House of Representatives (4,709 votes)
Muse Aman |, ex-Sabah CM, after obtaining DNAA, tried to return to power but unleashed unintended consequences (4,845 votes)
Wong Yan Ke |, former UM student activist facing trial for FB live broadcast of police raid (5,107 votes)
Khairuddin Aman Razali, the minister who mocked the home quarantine and fined him (5,113 votes)
Shafie Apdal |, Warisan leader who lost Sabah and was named as a possible Harapan Plus PM candidate (5,359 votes)
Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman, former minister who split from his mentor, Mahathir, to form a youth party (5,362 votes)
Ebit Lew, famous Muslim preacher and philanthropist (5,456 votes)
Samuel Isaiah, also known as Teacher Sam, finalist for the 2020 Global Teacher Prize for his work with children from Orang Asli (5,821 votes)
Azmin ali, the man who played a key role in the Sheraton Move (6,044 votes)
Anwar IbrahimThe perpetual prime minister on hold? (6,132 votes)
Agong, Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah (6,177 votes)
Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, twice prime minister who resigned but found himself betrayed by his own men (6,179 votes)
Veveonah Mosibin, the Sabah university student who climbed a tree to access the Internet (6,216 votes)
Najib Abdul Razak | aka Bossku, from former prime minister to convict (6,345 votes)
Muhyiddin Yassin |, came from behind to replace his boss, Mahathir (6,424 votes)
Noor Hisham Abdullah, the public face of the coronavirus fight in Malaysia (7,740 votes)
Frontline Covid, our doctors, nurses, first responders, other hospital personnel, police and firefighters (8,006 votes)
