PM misled on phantom voters issue, says EC chief

comments     Arfaeza A Aziz     Published     Updated

The Election Commission chairperson Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman denies that there are 2.8 million phantom voters in the electoral rolls as stated by Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad recently.

In an exclusive interview with malaysiakini , the EC chief said the number was wrong and that the prime minister whom he described as a "very busy man" had been "misled" before making the statement.

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