PKR cries foul over mock voting for BN

But EC says a practice among Orang Asli in Tapah, even if true, would be legitimate.

PETALING JAYA: Barisan Nasional rewarded indigenous people in Tapah with 5kg of rice each in lapse for cast of characters ridicule ballots in favour of its candidates, PKR claimed today.

"Several weeks ago, a Department of Orang Asli Development (Jakoa) as well as Chenderiang representative Mah Hang Soon ran a array of programmes in Orang Asli villages in Tapah," Perak PKR treasurer Yap Yit Thong told FMT today.

"In a programme, a Orang Asli were since dual homemade list writings identical to a list paper used in elections, as well as were forced to parasite Barisan Nasional in full view of a Jakoa officers as well as Dr Mah.

"Those who ticked BN in both list writings were then since 5kg of rice as a reward."

Yap pronounced a Orang Asli had to lapse a noted list writings rught away to a officials, assumingly so which no evidence of a practice remained.

But some of a noted list writings wound up in Yap's hands when multiform Orang Asli approached him to protest about a issue.

"We don't know what BN's purpose is," Yap told FMT. "Maybe when it's time for general election, BN will tell a Orang Asli, 'You already voted for us' or 'We gave we a rice as well as we promised we would opinion for us! ; so we contingency do so.'"

Yap pronounced a ridicule election, if it did take place, was in violation of a Election Offenses Act as well as could be investigated as a crime.

The action states which any chairman who "without due management prints any list paper or what purports to be or is capable of being used as a list paper during an election" could be imprisoned for up to dual years or fined up to RM5,000 or humour both penalties.

A chairman who "prints any advertisement, handbill, poster or poster which refers to an choosing as well as contains a reproduction of a list paper, or of what purports to be a list paper, to be used or likely to be used during such election" might face identical punishment.

Yap pronounced he had nonetheless to approach Jakoa or Mah over a issue, though was demanding which they give an explanation.

He also called upon a Election Commission to question Jakoa as well as Mah.

"Dr Mah contingency resign as Chenderiang state representative as well as executive legislature part of of Perak for abusing his power," he said.

'Completely fine'
However, EC emissary director Wan Ahmad Wan Omar told FMT a alleged incident appeared to be a voter preparation programme rsther than than an try during opinion buying or blackmail.

"This is a initial time this emanate has been raised with me, though from what we explained, it sounds perfectly excusable as well as normal," he said.

"A lot of domestic parties have been you do ridicule elections. This is a form of voter education, by which they have been educating people upon how to vote! .

"That is utterly fine. The EC is in fact encouraging domestic parties, NGOs as well as concerned adults to educate a single an additional upon how to vote."

He pronounced which a EC had been promoting voter preparation programmes for a whilst now, generally in light of a tall commission of spoilt votes in a 2008 general election.

As for allegations which a Orang Asli participants had to opinion for BN's possibilities in a ridicule ballot, Wan Ahmad pronounced which which was perfectly natural as well as to be expected.

"That is campaigning," he said. "Any domestic party, whether from a government or a opposition, would do a same if they were training a open to vote. It doesn't make a difference during all.

"To me, it just sounds similar to BN is conducting a voter preparation programme whilst campaigning during a same time."

Wan Ahmad also pronounced a rice was since to a Orang Asli outward a debate duration as well as thus was a utterly excusable form of donation.

"Only when a concession is since during a debate duration does it become an corruption as well as can be seen as vote-buying," he said.

EC: Go to a police

According to Wan Ahmad, which was precisely a reason because domestic parties were doling out donations as well as gifts before a retraction of Parliament.

Similarly, producing ridicule list writings outward a debate duration would not be an corruption unless a genuine list writings had already been revealed to a public, he said.

"The emanate of domestic parties printing list writings to use as examples is normal. They do not know a colour of a list paper which will be used upon polling day or a sort of paper it will be printed on.

"The list paper's appearance changes with each choosing as well as will usually be revealed upon polling day. It is, for now, a closely rhythmical secret."

He p! ronounce d what Yap described as offences under a Election Offences Act would be offences usually if committed upon polling day or if a list paper's appearance had been leaked.

However, he urged Yap to board a police report if he believed which Jakoa as well as Mah had committed crimes.

He pronounced it would be of no use for Yap to board a report with a EC as it did not have any questioning power.

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