Phantom voters in Sibu?

Bersih rally in KL last year demanded the election commission to give Malaysian a free, fair and transparent election. However, it seems that Malaysian would be disappointed again in the coming election as the latest electoral rolls have revealed that the rolls are not "bersih" or clean.

We have found that in one of the constituencies in Sibu parliamentary district, namely Tanggi, there was a sudden increase of 1362 voters registered in the last quarter of 2007 (1-10-2007 to 31-12-2007). This is certainly shocking to us and thus we called up the election commission for clarification and was told that these are military personnel who were registered as Pos Undi or postal votes, which are considered 100% pro-BN.

Further enquiry by me revealed that these 1362 new voters in Danggi was "arranged and key-in" by Ibu pejabat or head quarter of the election commission. That means the whole thing was not done by the SPR or its Representatives in Sarawak as should be the case. How could someone key-in the names of new voters by "remote control".

It defies logic that there was such a large movement of voters within such a short period of time (3 months) as military transfer of such a high number of personnel's is rare as the country does not face any emergency or threat at all.

The Sibu seat is considered a hot seat by the BN and there is a total qualified voters of some 61,000 in number. Chinese voter accounted for nearly 63% of the qualified voters and thus it is a seat that both the SUPP and DAP are eyeing closely. However, the previous parliamentary elections' results showed that the SUPP-BN secured victories with the help of the postal votes.

So expect not that the electoral rolls in the coming election would be clean, as there are only as "bersih" or clean as the SPR itself.

David Wong
19-01-2008


【政坛风云】诗巫丹吉新选民暴增，黄培根：全属邮寄票

(诗巫18日讯）诗巫国会选区的选民大调迁，在去年10月1日至12月31日的第四季选民注册中，其中一区丹吉（TANGGI）暴增1362个新选民，民主行动党砂州宣传秘书黄培根对此数据存疑，特向选举委员会查询，证实是由吉隆坡的选委会总部所存档，为军人及其家眷的邮寄票。
　　
今天上午在新闻会上，黄培根表示，最新选民册显示，丹吉拥有2210个合格选民，其中200个是普通选民，2000个是军人，但是难以置信的是，上届国会选举时丹吉的选民人数才800多人，竟会在短短的3个月里暴增1362个新选民，而且还是邮寄票，也是投给国阵的“铁票”。
　　
黄培根指出，1362个新选民，尤其都是邮寄票，是可以决定来届国会选举诗巫选区的成绩。
“虽然选举委员会指全部是军人乃是正常的，无论如何，砂州民主行动党将会致函予选举委员会要求对该区新选民突增作出解释及调查真相，以给予人民一个交代。”
　　
黄培根说，民主行动党绝对相信在来届的国会选举中所使用的选民册还存在着许多的问题，在诗巫这个10多万人口的2个选区里，火箭展开为期6个月的新选民登记运动中，才作到2000多个新选民，而丹吉这个地方，竟然会有1362个新选民注册。
　　
他于今天早上拨电联络古晋的选举委员会，获知丹吉的1360个新选民是由吉隆坡总部所存档，全部是属于军人及其家眷的邮寄票。 不过，黄培根质疑的是，选民更换地址是平常的事情，但是军人不可能有如此大幅度的调动，而且也不知这些新选民是何人？从何来？因此觉得极不寻常。
黄培根呼吁选举委员会要作到最基本的职责，对不寻常的“选民大搬家”要作出调查，并给予选民一个清洁的选民册。