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BERSIH TRIBUNAL The conducting officer for the People's Tribunal on GE13 organised by Bersih, has said that he is hoping for BN to show up over the course of the five-day event.

NONE Gurdial Singh Nijar told reporters that the team of lawyers has written to BN secretary general Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor ( right ), after he claimed that he would attend if the organisers wrote to him.

"We are now hoping people from that side show up," he said at the sidelines of the tribunal today.

He earlier reminded the five-member panel that the tribunal is not meant to be accusatory to any one party.

However the Election Commission (EC) has already refused the tribunal's invitation to take part in the proceedings.

“We are hoping that after reading press reports and based on the developments over the course of this tribunal, the EC will decide to show up,” Gurdial said.

“We have written to everyone concerned,” he added.

So far, however, there have been no signs of any authorities being present at the tribunal to explain the supposed electoral irregularities which will be presented to the five-man panel over the five days.

Gurdial confirmed that the tribunal had written to BN before Tengku Adnan claimed he had not received any letters, and have now written again to the BN secretary-general.

“He said he didn’t receive, so we have written again,” he said.

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