Malaysian Prime Minister wooing voters online

There's seismic shift in Malaysian political culture: the Prime Minister, Najib Abdul Razak, is on Twitter. And Facebook. And even YouTube.

Until recently, the ruling government had always communicated their policies via traditional media outlets, and when much of the mainstream press is either directly or in-directly linked with the government, there was little room for public debate. But when 2008's elections saw the ruling coalition lose key seats to the opposition, then-Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi admitted his government had underestimated the power of the Internet. So now, members of parliament from all over the country are using Twitter and Facebook to communicate with their voters.