Pakatan Harapan today claimed that they were stopped from entering the Election Commission's (EC) Kuala Lumpur office and not allowed to meet with the commission's representatives.

DAP's Cheras MP Tan Kok Wai said they were disappointed when told that they were not allowed to visit the EC office to find out more about the redelineation exercise for the Federal Territory's parliamentary constituencies.

According to him, they had informed the local EC that they will visit today, however it turned out that there were orders purportedly preventing them from entering.

"We have informed them that we will visit the EC office today to get detailed explanation and look at the redelineation maps for the Federal Territory parliamentary seats.

"At first they were advised not to receive us officially, but we would be allowed to visit and get access to information.

"But I was shocked and perplexed that, as I want to say, today's incident and the experience that we went through this evening showed that the EC is not only being made used of by the BN, but it is also making use of its own officers to prevent Harapan from studying the redelineation," Tan alleged in a press conference at the lobby of the TH Selborn Building.

Among the Harapan elected representatives who went to the Kuala Lumpur office today included Hatta Ramli from Amanah and PKR vice-presidents Tian Chua and Nurul Izzah Anwar, who is also the party election director.

In relation to their claim, Harapan will be sending their protest objection against the redelineation involving 11 parliamentary constituencies in the federal capital to the EC next month.

They will also endeavour to supply the requisite minimum of 100 voters in each constituency to pile more pressure on the EC.

Meanwhile, an officer from the Kuala Lumpur EC office, who declined to be identified, said that no one prevented the Harapan leaders from meeting with commission representatives.

He said the EC welcomes visits from anyone who wants to look at their exhibit featuring the redelineation exercise at their offices.

"They (Harapan elected representatives) may claim what they want. Anyone can come up. They can come up.

"It's just that if you want to file an objection, you must follow proper procedures. It must be in writing. But to just come up and look at our exhibit, it would not be a problem," said the officer.