DAP revealed today it has discovered two women, with the same name and married to the same man who is enlisted in the army, who have been registered as postal voters.

The women, both named Khadijah binti Husin, reside at the same address and have almost identitical dates of birth, according to the Election Commission’s (EC) online database.

The two Khadijah were born on Feb 20, though nine years apart.

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The two women are registered alongside a soldier named Nor Hisham Md Darus.

Their identification card numbers are almost identical, with only a single differing digit.

Speaking at a press conference at the DAP headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, Rasah MP Anthony Loke said it was too much of a coincidence for the two to be genuine and separate voters.

"Is there such a coincidence that one man has two wives with the same name and date of birth? We suspect this is the same person with two indentities.

Loke also challenged the media to prove him wrong.

"If the media can find these two women with the same name and birthdays and take a photograph with the husband, I will visit the family and give them a Hari Raya hamper," he said.

The older wife was recently transferred to the constituency of Rasah and the younger wife was registered as a new voter in the constituency.

NONE However, a check with the EC database today showed that the younger of the two women (with IC number 790220115182) has been removed from the database.

Loke ( right ) also said that in the second quarter of this year alone, his constituency had seen 639 new postal voters, 370 being new military recruits and 269 being their accompanying spouses.

In addition to the revelations today, he said he discovered a 111-year-old military man by the name of Hisni Isnain transferred to Bagan Pinang constituency recently, while another voter, Swee Lan @ Chia Swee Lan, according to EC records, was born in 1918 but her IC shows that she was born in 1941.

10 Chinese, 11 Indian voters have same address

Loke who is also assemblyperson for Lobak, has also discovered 21 voters registered under one address in his constituency.

The address, he said, is that of a shop owned by an aspiring MCA politician who intended to challenge him in the next general election.

"He tries to help old folk to apply for welfare allowance, on condition that they change their address to the Lobak constituency," Loke said.

While a household consisting of 10 Chinese and 11 Indians would seem like a peculiar family, Loke lamented that it was technically legal.

"I have complained to the EC but its answer is that this is the IC address they received from the National Registration Department (NRD)," he said.

Loke explained that once people changed their address on their identity card, they could also conveniently apply to do the same with the EC, without having to verify that they actually resided at that particular address.

"Even if there are 1,000 names under the same address, it is allowable under the current system. This creates a loophole for parties to systematically transfer voters," he said.

He called on the government to take this into account in the planned electoral reform.   

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