Mid-week polls a hurdle, but some Malaysians will still make trip home to vote
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Coach tickets from Singapore to Malaysian cities sold out in hours, and Facebook carpooling groups linking drivers seeking passengers, and the other way round, sprang to life.
PHOTO: BERITA HARIAN
Overseas Malaysians are dismayed that their election falls on a weekday, saying it would hinder them from returning home to vote.
Others scrambled to make travel plans after May 9, a Wednesday, was declared Polling Day by the Election Commission (EC) at noon.
