EC deputy chairperson Wan Ahmad Wan Omar has vehemently denied claims by PAS MP for Pokok Sena, Mahfuz Omar, that he is involved in a ‘task force' to naturalise foreigners to allow them to vote.

NONE In a text message to Malaysiakini , Wan Ahmad ( right ) said Mahfuz, who named him at a press conference yesterday, had purposely dragged him into the MP's "fairy tale" meant to "tarnish the EC's integrity".

"This is an evil and irresponsible thing done by Mahfuz... I don't know anything about what he is accusing me of.

"He purposely dragged me, as EC deputy chairperson, into the tale which he made up to gain political mileage, because he wanted to implicate the commission," he said late yesterday.

Stressing the EC's independence, Wan Ahmad said he will seek the counsel of the commission's legal advisers before deciding on his next course of action.

Mahfuz seeks royal commission

Wan Ahmad is among eight individuals named as being part of the said taskforce.

The others, whose names are withheld by Malaysiakini pending their comments, are senior officials of the National Security Council (NSC) and National Registration Department (NRD).

Another person named is an aide of Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.

In the press conference, Mahfuz claimed that he had evidence to implicate the individuals but will only reveal it in a royal commission of inquiry.

There has been numerous allegations of foreigners being given citizenship in return for voting for the ruling coalition, in particular Sabah.

Meanwhile, National Security Council secretary Mohamed Thajudeen Abdul Wahab also denied he was involved and described Mahfuz’s allegations as untrue.

“I do not know anything,” said Thajudeen as quoted by Harakahdaily .