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BN will make adjustments on electoral seat allocation

Posted: 15 Oct 2011 10:34 PM PDT

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said today the Barisan Nasional (BN) will make adjustments to the existing formula on allocation of seats for the next general election.

Najib, who is BN chairman, said the adjustments were necessary to adapt to the local circumstances due to a change in the political dynamics.

"The formula on seat allocation was drawn up in 2004 and applied in 2008. For the next general election, we have to consider whether there has been a change in the political dynamics requiring us to make adjustments.

"Leaders of the BN parties will hold discussions to come up with the best formula on the allocation of seats," he told a news conference after opening the 40th Gerakan national delegates conference at Menara PGRM, here.

He said the leaders of all the BN component parties agreed in principle and spirit to come to a compromise and that he would have discussions with them to work out the best formula.

"We will not do a complete overhaul, but make adjustments where necessary," he said.

Earlier, when addressing the delegates, Najib said the adjustments would enable the BN to review its strengths and weaknesses in drawing up its general election strategy, including selecting winnable candidates.

He said all BN members should place their trust in the BN top leadership to determine the winnable candidates, and support them.

"We will have to choose the best component party to represent us in each constituency; we will choose the best candidate because we want to win big," he said. -- BERNAMA

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3 doctors in China arrested over organ transplants

Posted: 15 Oct 2011 10:09 PM PDT

BEIJING: Three doctors in China have been arrested for allegedly carrying out illegal organ transplants at a private clinic.

Acting on a tip-off, police in Bazhou city in the northern province of Hebei arrested the doctors last month as they prepared to remove a kidney from a man, a local Communist Party official and police told AFP today.

The case is under investigation, they said, declining to provide further details.

China banned organ transplants from living donors other than spouses, relatives and adopted family members in 2007, the official Xinhua news agency said today.

But demand for transplants far exceeds supply in the country of more than 1.3 billion, opening the door to the illegal sale of organs.

The country launched a trial programme last year to allow people to voluntarily donate their organs after death in order to meet increasing demand, Xinhua said.

An estimated 1.5 million people are waiting for transplants but only about 10,000 people have registered so far as donors, it said.

According to previous state media reports, hospitals have carried out illegal transplant operations for about 100,000 yuan (about $15,700). -- AFP

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