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Malaysian polls watchdog claims irregularities in voters' list
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 23 (AFP) - A Malaysian group set up to monitor upcoming
polls claimed Tuesday there
were "serious deficiencies" in the voters' list and called for a thorough
investigation.
"To us, the irregularities are very serious," Kamar Ainiah Kamaruzaman,
president of the the Malaysian Citizens
Election Watch, told AFP.
Kamar said the polls watchdog had received hundreds of complaints, such as
voters' names being deleted from the
ballot list, names of deceased appearing on the list and voters being
"moved" to another electoral constituency without
their knowledge.
"More than half of the names in the (electoral) list has no entries on the
voters' date of birth. This is alarming because
the eligibility of voters can be questioned," she said.
In Malaysia, only those 21-years-old and above are allowed to vote.
Expressing fear the irregularities would influence the outcome of the
election, she urged the Election Commission,
which was conducting the polls, to address these concerns.
The watchdog had previously called for safeguards against "phantom voters"
and other fraud.
"The discrepancies and irregularities on the electoral roll will clearly
compromise the integrity of the elections and
undermine the democratic process," Kamar said.
"More than a week has passed since the election date was announced. The
Election Commission should no longer
keep silent about the issue," she said in a statement.
In a separate development, an activist group slammed the pre-election
media campaign by Prime Minister Mahathir
Mohamad's coalition, which it said has "caused uneasiness, panic and anger
among the people."
Newspaper advertisements by the ruling National Front have focused on
street disturbances sparked by the jailing
and prison treatment this year of ex-deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim, the
candidate for prime minister of the opposition
alliance.
The advertisements featured photos of rioters with the message that the
opposition alliance had "no respect for the
law, no fear of the authorities (and) no regard for the safety of others."
"We demand that the National Front immediately cease using the threat of
violence and mob rule as a strategy of
securing votes," said Charles Santiago, spokesperson of the People's
Manifesto Initiative, a loose coalition of dozens
of non-governmental organisations.
"The committee is of the opinion that the fear campaign unleashed by the
National Front denies the people their
democratic right to exercise their voting responsibility without fear and
intimidation," he said.
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