New evidence of PKR polls misconduct

By Teoh El Sen - Free Malaysia Today,

PETALING JAYA: With less than 48 hours to go before PKR holds its annual congress – where the winners of the party polls will be declared – fresh evidence has emerged on alleged malpractices.

FMT today received a series of photographs from a source who questioned the neutrality of the party's central election committee (CEC) officers during the polls.

According to the source, the photographs were evidence of misconduct and lack of impartiality in the conduct of the elections in PKR divisions in Merbok and Kubang Pasu, Kedah; and Bukit Katil, Malacca.

Two of the photographs purportedly showed CEC officers in Merbok directly intervening in the marking of the ballot papers.

The photos were captioned:"Officer ordering the voter where to mark" and "photograph proves that officer marked the ballot paper (himself)".

The source also claimed that the photographs clearly showed that CEC officers were wearing badges depicting Azmin Ali, which indicated support for the now incoming deputy president.


"The photographs clearly showed that CEC officers and counting agents in the Bukit Katil division were wearing the badges of Azmin. There is no neutrality here," said the source.

Another photograph showed the chief CEC officer in Kubang Pasu spotting the same badge, but the source said he removed it when he was reprimanded.

When contacted, CEC secretary Radin Shamsulkamar Radin Shamsuddin said the party would definitely investigate the allegations.

"However, we need a PKR member to lodge a complaint as we also need to know who is the complainant.

"It's like lodging a police report; the victim would have to provide information to the police, right?"

Radin said it would be difficult for the party to pick up cases from the media in order to investigate.