Malaysia’s Johor votes as government allies turn on each other

Red, blue and yellow flags crowded the roads into Johor Bahru before dawn on Saturday, lashed to lamp posts, flyovers and roadside trees after a campaign in which Malaysia’s governing allies spent two weeks trying to cut each other down. The campaign ended at 11.59pm on Friday, silencing the loudspeakers and convoys that had criss-crossed the state since late June. Under mostly clear, sunny skies, voters began gathering from 7.30am at the 1,076 polling centres, where about 2.72 million Johoreans