‘hantu’ on the electoral roll

from malaysiakini

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Watchdogs dispute EC’s ‘clean roll’ claim
Azreen Madzlan
Feb 11, 08 5:57pm

Two election watchdogs today expressed concern over the statement by the Election Commission (EC) that there have been no ‘phantom voters’ during the past 11 general elections.

EC secretary Kamaruzaman Mohd Noor told the New Sunday Times that the ‘phantom voters’ issue was created by political parties and the allegation has never been substantiated.

However, Coalition for Clean and Fair Election (Bersih) and Malaysians for Free Election (Mafrel) disagreed.

Mafrel chairperson Malik Hussin told Malaysiakini that based on the watchdog’s studies, the serious discrepancies detected in the electoral roll could compromise the integrity of the upcoming general election and undermine the democratic process.

While he conceded that ‘phantom voters’ is not a legal term and is used by political parties, the real issues, according to him, are "fraud and impersonation."

Voters who cast their ballots using identification documents of deceased people transgress the law and should be brought to court.

"We are concerned why EC has not taken any action on this issue. EC should do something to eliminate irregularities in the electoral rolls ahead of the coming general election," he said.

Bersih has proof

Meanwhile, Bersih secretariat member Dr Dzulkifli Ahmad claimed that the watchdog has proof that the electoral roll is far from clean.

"The Bersih team checked the electoral roll and found that in the third quarter of 2007, 20,643 people above the age 107 and 10,513 people above the age 108 are found in the electoral roll .

"In Selangor alone, on the gazetted list, Bersih found 312 voters above the age 100 registered last year and another 104 voters earlier this year," he said.

Dzulkifli said another ‘surreal’ case is a voter who was registered in Sembulan, Sabah but transferred to Bukit Bintang in Kuala Lumpur.

He stressed on the importance of cleaning up the roll as this will affect millions of voters mental jog › Create New Post — WordPresssince the general election is rumoured to be around the corner.

"We are worried because EC has not updated the voters on this situation." he said.

Dzulkifli said Bersih will lodge a police report regarding phantom voters in Selangor tomorrow and hold a press conference to prove the existence of phantom voters in the upcoming general election.

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‘pengundi hantu’ – phantom voters… yes indeed. this is one of the main issue of a not free and clean election! lots of hantu roaming in the electoral rolls so it seemed according to MAFREL and BERSIH.

just an hour ago, a friend of mine (ex colleague) posted in the election watch group that the father of his friend, who is in penang state, suddenly found himself as a hantu in the electoral roll in trengganu state.

i also remember sometime back rocky bru and haris ibrahim posted about pengundi hantu too. and DAP had once objected to near 1000 hantus from the army camp in jalan sultan ahmad shah in penang!

see, it is true for sure there are lots of hantus!

ladies and gentlemen, if you know of any hantus in the electoral roll or you or any of your family or friends were registered as hantus, then come to a public hearing by SPR on 19 feb. at 9.00am at dewan sri pinang. i t is a public hearing to the objection to the electoral rolls. so it is not only about hantus but anything… any objection, can be brought up.

in the meantime, if you care to see a free and fair election, please don’t forget to come for the election observer training session on 24 feb, ok?