'Not right for cops to keep early voting ballots'
BERSIH TRIBUNAL It is not technically right for advance voting ballot boxes to be housed in police lock-ups even though it has been a widespread practice in the last election, a PKR man says.
BERSIH TRIBUNAL It is not technically right for advance voting ballot boxes to be housed in police lock-ups even though it has been a widespread practice in the last election, a PKR man says.
The party's deputy secretary-general Steven Choong (left) told the People's Tribunal on GE13 that the election regulations state that the advance voting ballots must be in the custody of the returning officer (RO) appointed by the Election Commission.
"If it's in the police lock-up cell, it's not under the custody of the RO," said Choong, who was a candidate for the Tebrau parliamentary seat in the May 5 general election.
He said there were many ROs who had the custody of the advance voting ballot boxes in their own offices.
The session at the tribunal this afternoon also featured testimony from Malaysiakini journalist Koh Jun Lin.
Koh testified on the use of government machinery by BN during a election campaign event at Batu in Kuala Lumpur on April 7.
He said he was told he was lucky not to be beaten up when he approached the event organisers to seek clarification on the use of the government machinery.
The event in Batu was also attended by Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin.
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