PKR director of strategy Rafizi Ramli today produced another police report to prove an allegation of a power blackout occurring at a polling centre in Kedah on election day.

Rafizi said that a police report showed that the blackout happened in Sedim, Kedah, when counting was taking place - and lasted for 15 minutes.

seri serdang blackout 260513 The area falls under the Kulim-Bandar Baru parliamentary seat, and adds to an alleged blackout in Sri Serdang on the same day.

The report was lodged by a PKR polling agent who was stationed at a school in Sedim, where the counting took place, who said that only the school block suffered the blackout and not the surrounding areas.

“Election Commission deputy chairperson Wan Ahmad Wan Omar should produce the basis for his ridiculing a serious allegation about discrepancies in running the general election,” Rafizi said.

Wan Ahmad has maintained that there was no power blackout in any polling centre in the country, and he even went on to suggest that pictures of blackouts were staged before the election in order to discredit the commission and the election process.

“Wan Ahmad said that we should produce police reports about the blackout, and now we have done so. So I seek EC’s explanation,” he said.

“Every time we make an allegation, he asks us to produce proof. That means he is drawing his salary for nothing. He should investigate. That is his duty,” Rafizi said.

“Do not treat us like idiots,” he further added.

'43 individuals registed in six homes in Kuala Kedah'

Rafizi also produced five other police reports detailing how 43 individuals were registered in six homes in Kuala Kedah alone without the knowledge of the actual house owners.

“This gives credence to the possibility of there being phantom voters. If there are this many in Kuala Kedah alone, how many would there be nationwide?” Rafizi asked.

Rafizi heads the Pakatan task force that is investigating electoral fraud as the coalition looks to submit petitions to challenge the election results in nearly 30 constituencies, which they must submit before June 12.

“But we are looking to submit one petition this week as a symbolic gesture,” he said.

He also said that Pakatan will seek to have 100,000 police reports lodged on the ineffectiveness of the indelible ink over the next few weeks to further srengthen the coalition’s petitions.