Mystery continues to shroud the identity of 'Father Augustus Chen', who purportedly penned a damning report alleging electoral fraud in DAP's elections last year.

NONE Yesterday, Malaysiakini contacted the Catholic Bishop’s Conference of Malaysia which confirmed that no such person exists on the list of registered Catholic priests in Malaysia.

The Council of Churches Malaysia (CCM), which represents the Protestant and Orthodox denominations, said that Protestant priests do not use the title 'father' and the National Evangelical Christian Fellowship confirmed that Evangelicals do not either.

While the Orthodox priests do, CCM said there are no Chinese orthodox priests registered in Malaysia.

DAP leader Lim Kit Siang had denounced 'Chen' as a "phantom" and a figment of "BN's imagination" and gave the priest seven days to surface to prove his existence.

Lim went on to add that, if 'Chen' fails to materialise, the Registrar of Societies should withdraw its demands for DAP to hold fresh central executive committee (CEC) elections.

The booklet by 'Chen', entitled 'The Equity Report (CEC election fraud)', alleged that some 1,300 delegates did not receive notice of the CEC elections in December because they were not supporters of secretary-general Lim Guan Eng.  

According to 'Chen', 547 illegal delegates were brought in to vote to ensure the political survival of Guan Eng and Kit Siang.

'Chen' also claimed that Seremban MP Anthony Loke and Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua wanted a Malay to be elected to the CEC and had manipulated polling numbers in favour of Zairil Khir Johari.