Three more voters have had protests against their electoral legitimacy, this time in the Klang area, said DAP's Klang MP Charles Santiago.

"We've been receiving complaints from people in Klang about bizarre procedures by EC on denying their right to vote," Santiago said.

Elaborating further, he said the three voters had also gotten a letter asking them to attend a hearing by the Election Commission (EC).

However, they only received the letter on the day of the hearing itself, after the time fixed for said hearing.

"Mugheelan (Sellathoray, one of the voters) received a letter on Sept 7, 2.30pm, asking him to go for an open hearing at the EC office.

"The thing is, the letter came after the hearing. The hearing took place at 9am," Santiago ( photo ) explained.

Even the objection against Mugheelan was suspicious, saying that he was not staying at the address he registered under.

"This is ridiculous because (Mugheelan) was born in the house and have stayed there his whole life," Santiago said.

The similar thing involving the letter and suspicious reasoning, he said, had happened to the other two voters, Yasotha Sinthamparam and Ng Kian Teck, as well.

As they had missed their hearings, all of them have had their names removed from the electoral roll, Santiago lamented.

All three cases happened in Port Klang

Santiago finds the whole thing even more suspicious as all three cases happened in Port Klang.

"There's a high probability that Umno is now focusing on trying to win back Port Klang and trying to remove non-Malay voters," he said.

For now, he said he will get legal advice on how to proceed with this matter and will go to the EC office to talk to them about this issue some time next week.

Previously, some 30 newly-registered voters were forced to attend a hearing by the EC following protests against their electoral legitimacy by alleged Umno members.

The 30 voters included those from Pandan, Rawang and Taman Templer, DAP Teratai assemblyperson Tiew Way Keng had said.

She had speculated then that more similar complaints would occur in other constituencies as well.

"This may just be a tip of iceberg," she had said.

However, former Selangor opposition leader Mohd Shamsuddin Lias said it was common practice for political parties to challenge the legitimacy of newly-registered voters whom they thought were dubious.

Meanwhile, another newly-registered voter in Dengkil, Sepang has also been called to a hearing by the EC tomorrow following an objection to his electoral legitimacy, said Serdang MP Ong Kian Ming ( photo ).

Leong Yung Hong has been staying at the address he registered with for nine years and yet the reason given for the objection was that he was an unrecognised voter, Ong said.

The DAP man said he will be raising this issue in Parliament as well as going to Leong's hearing tomorrow to observe the proceedings.