POLL | It’s the end of the year, and Malaysiakini again lets its readers decide what they think are the most important news stories of 2021.

A total of 367 readers participated in this year’s survey.

They voted by entering a score on each of the 25 news items selected by Malaysiakini - from 0 (lowest interest) to 10 votes (highest).

Here are the top news of 2021…