Selangor Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim should have handed over the information or the list of what he claimed as suspicious voters to the Election Commission (EC) to ensure that the next general election will run smoothly and in a transparent manner.

NONE EC secretary Kamaruddin Mohamed Baria ( left ) said Abdul Khalid should not have made public the information as it could cause confusion among the people in Selangor.

"The objective (to hand over the information and list of voters to the EC) is to enable the EC to run a check or field study and prepare an explanation for the Selangor menteri besar," he said in a statement today.

The March 8-15 edition of SelangorKini newspaper, in its article titled 'Projek Pendemokrasian Bongkar Pengundi Lebih Ramai Daripada Penduduk' claimed that there exists certain state constituencies in Selangor, including Bestari Jaya Utara in the Ijok parliamentary constituency, where the amount of voters surpasses the residents.

"The article quoted Selangor menteri besar as saying that Bestari Jaya Utara has 1,788 residents, but the number of voters in the electoral roll refers to the number of voters in 18 localities in the state constituency.

"Based on the electoral roll gazetted in December 2012, the number of voters for Bestari Jaya Utara stands at 3,558. There is an increase of 1,317 voters from the Master Electoral Roll gazetted in 2006 as there is also an increase of nine new localities," Kamaruddin said.

He said there was no truth in the article and that it was merely aimed at confusing the people to gain political mileage.

He also called on members of the public to refer to the EC if they had any questions about the election.

The law provides the opportunity for the public, who have doubts and want to protest against the electoral roll, to do so when the EC put the quarterly roll updates on display, he added.

- Bernama