Pakatan Harapan wants the Election Commission (EC) to explain what it claimed to be the "magical" addition of more than 28,000 to the first quarter 2017 draft electoral roll.

Serdang MP Ong Kian Ming claimed 28,416 soldiers and their families - 7,600 in Kuala Lumpur alone - were added to the electoral roll through the "claims" process.

Ong said this was a provision under the Elections Act, to allow newly registered voters who were either left out of a draft electoral roll or have had errors in their name or address, to have their names added to the list, or fixed...