Suspects sought for harassing, beating suspected phantom voters

May 08, 2013

KUALA TERENGGANU, May 8 The military have been seeking for multiform group for allegedly harassing as well as preventing 7 Indian electorate from Kedah from cast of characters their ballot after alleging them of being haunt electorate upon Sunday.

The nuisance emanated after 3 of the electorate could not find their names upon the electoral roll during the polling hire during Sekolah Kebangsaan Ladang here during about 2pm, pronounced Terengganu military arch Datuk Jamshah Mustapa.

He pronounced the electorate aged between twenty-four as well as twenty-seven were shoved during as well as one of them had the machete placed upon his neck by one of the group who purported them of being haunt electorate from Bangladesh.

The electorate were Universiti Malaysia Terengganu ex-students who registered as electorate whilst they were studying there as well as came to Terengganu to vote.

With the military intervention, four of them eventually voted during Sekolah Kebangsaan Ladang after their names were found upon the list whilst the alternative 3 voted during Sekolah Kebangsaan Sultan Sulaiman 2 after their names were found there, he added.

Jamshah pronounced the military knew the identities of the suspects as well as urged them to surrender for investigations underneath Section 3 (1) (n) of the Election Offences Act 1954 for obstructing electorate as well as Section 506 of the Penal Code for criminal intimidation.

He pronounced the military had also arrested the 30-year-old man who allegedly beat up the 26-year-old voter together with multiform others after alleging him to be the haunt voter in Kampung Teluk Pasu, Manir during 12.15pm upon Sunday.

The suspect, who is from Kampung Tanjung Bunut Manir, wa MBs produced in justice today, as well as the military have been seeking for the alternative suspects! , he add ed. - Bernama


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