Islamist party PAS has claimed to have found more than 1,000 permanent residence (PR) holders in Selangor alone who have been included in the electoral roll of eligible voters, strengthening assertions that the problem may be more than a case of mere ‘technical negligence’ by the National Registration Department.

NONE Having identified the presence of foreigners in the list of eligible voters for Selangor, the state PAS Youth’s elections-monitoring body urged members in other states to scrutinise the supplementary electoral rolls prepared by the Election Commission (EC) in their areas for more of such irregularities.

“In Selangor, there are about 1,100 names of permanent residents against which objections have been raised by the state PAS body, and it is hoped that those in other states can do similar work,” said the wing’s elections department director Mohd Sany Hamzan in a statement.

Yesterday, Federal Territory PAS had claimed to have encountered 52 such cases of PR-holders being listed as voters when filing complaints with the Federal Territory EC.

Just as Malaysiakini discovered with one PR-holder by the name of ‘Mismah’ , Titiwangsa PAS division secretary Hedzer Ibrahim said the 52 PR-holders had by 3pm been categorised as Malaysian citizens .

'Grave threat'

In a statement, Selangor PAS also claimed that the PR holders it found on the draft electoral roll had their status suddenly changed to full citizenship, despite documented proof that these individuals had been PR holders just hours earlier.

NONE State party secretary Mohd Khairuddin Othman (right) alleged that this was discovered by a team from their elections department during a check on the National Registration Department’s website about 3pm yesterday.

He said the cases include an Indonesian born in 1984, who was said to have full-fledged citizenship with a Mykad bearing the code 71, which equates to permanent residents born overseas.

“If this person was born in Malaysia, then the code stated on the identity card should be the code for the state of his or her birth.

"If this person was born outside Malaysia, why give this person such privileges to the point of having a blue Mykad as young as 27 years?”

Khairuddin said the entire situation poses a grave threat to national security, and requires a credible royal commission of inquiry into the matter and that legal action should be taken against those involved.

“Selangor PAS believes this issue will erode public confidence in the electoral process, especially in the rolls to be used in the coming election,” he said, adding that it adds credence to the immediate need for the use of indelible ink during the polls.

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