A group of retired army and police veterans have raised questions on the status of four new army camps, and whether army voters have been shifted to those areas.

“The issue we want to raise is the possibility of army voters being shifted to these new camps,” Persatuan Patriot Kebangsaan president Mohd Arshad Raji said at a press conference in Subang Jaya today.

His concerns were raised after Kluang MP Liew Chin Tong made the revelation last Tuesday that 1,051 army voters had been transferred to the Segamat army camp in Johor, which is still under construction.

“We are not sure what is happening in Bera, Pahang, Paloh, Johor and Hutan Melintang, Perak; whether these new camps have been built in those areas and whether army voters have been moved to those areas,” Mohd Arshad (photo) said.

He called upon MPs to pose these questions in Parliament to Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein or his deputy.

Liew had earlier questioned whether the transfer of the 1,051 army voters to Segamat was an electioneering move by BN in a marginal seat.

However, Hishammuddin had dismissed this allegation, saying that no one would want to live in a place that is not habitable.

“Nobody in their right mind will want to go somewhere that is not conducive to live in and we (the government) will be crazy to transfer soldiers without the housing, because they will go there and they won’t vote for us,” the minister said.

He also said that allegations that soldiers were registered as voters at uncompleted army camps should be answered by the military.

“They (the military) will not transfer soldiers unless there is enough accommodation. But if I answer it, it will become political. Let the military answer it themselves,” Hishammuddin said.