PKR warns of criminal offence in shifting of voters
PKR treasurer-general Tan Yee Kew warned that attempts to shift voters into the Wangsa Maju constituency even though they did not live there could constitute a criminal offence.
She pointed out that a voter's constituency is based on the address in his or her MyKad and some voters had changed their MyKad address in order to vote in certain constituency even though they do not live there.
"If someone does not or has never lived at the address in their MyKad, it means they have provided false information to the National Registration Department," she said in a statement today.
Earlier today, Tan's supporters lodged a police report against some 240 "phantom voters" which she claimed used false addresses to register as voters in Wangsa Maju.
She claimed there were at least 4,000 such voters throughout the parliamentary constituency...
PKR treasurer-general Tan Yee Kew warned that attempts to shift voters into the Wangsa Maju constituency even though they did not live there could constitute a criminal offence.
She pointed out that a voter's constituency is based on the address in his or her MyKad and some voters had changed their MyKad address in order to vote in certain constituency even though they do not live there.
"If someone does not or has never lived at the address in their MyKad, it means they have provided false information to the National Registration Department," she said in a statement today.
Earlier today, Tan's supporters lodged a police report against some 240 "phantom voters" which she claimed used false addresses to register as voters in Wangsa Maju.
She claimed there were at least 4,000 such voters throughout the parliamentary constituency.
"A few days ago, Federal Territories Umno chief Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor said two parliamentary seats (BN) aims to win are the Wangsa Maju and Lembah Pantai.
"We would like to ask if Umno's confidence in winning the Wangsa Maju is due to the 4,000 phantom voters placed in the constituency?" she asked.
Tan warned that providing a false address in the Mykad is an offence under Regulation 25(fa) of the National Registration Regulations 1990 which carries up to three years imprisonment or a fine of up to RM20,000 or both.
She added that it is also an offence under Section 177 of the Penal Code on providing false information to public servants, which is punishable by up to six months imprisonment or a fine of up to RM2,000 or both.
