SYSTEMATIC FAILURE, ...WHO SAYS ; Electoral-reform advocates have warned of fraud in the election -- expected to be the closest in the country's history.
They allege the electoral roll is rife with irregularities that could open the door to "phantom voters" being brought in to tip the balance in closely fought seats.
The government acknowledged the chartered flights were taking place but insisted they were registered voters being returned to their homes in a "get out the vote" drive for Barisan Nasional (BN).
"The flights in question were organised and paid for by friends of BN. They brought registered voters to their home districts so that they may vote in the upcoming election," Adnan Mansor, a top coalition official, said.
"There is no substance whatsoever to opposition allegations that passengers were anything other than registered Malaysian voters."
A government official denied Najib's office was involved in the flights.
Malaysia has been on edge over the polls, with campaigning marred by hundreds of reports of election violence, including an improvised bomb that went off at a ruling-party event, injuring one person.
The ruling bloc has controlled Malaysia since independence in 1957 but faces the strongest opposition in the country's history, led by Anwar, a one-time Barisan heir-apparent ousted 15 years ago in a bitter power struggle.
SYSTEMATIC FAILURE plus Security Oversights, ...WHO SAYS ; Electoral-reform advocates have warned of fraud in the election -- expected to be the closest in the country's history.
They allege the electoral roll is rife with irregularities that could open the door to "phantom voters" being brought in to tip the balance in closely fought seats.
The government acknowledged the chartered flights were taking place but insisted they were registered voters being returned to their homes in a "get out the vote" drive for Barisan Nasional (BN).
"The flights in question were organised and paid for by friends of BN. They brought registered voters to their home districts so that they may vote in the upcoming election," Adnan Mansor, a top coalition official, said.
"There is no substance whatsoever to opposition allegations that passengers were anything other than registered Malaysian voters."
A government official denied Najib's office was involved in the flights.
Malaysia has been on edge over the polls, with campaigning marred by hundreds of reports of election violence, including an improvised bomb that went off at a ruling-party event, injuring one person.
The ruling bloc has controlled Malaysia since independence in 1957 but faces the strongest opposition in the country's history, led by Anwar, a one-time Barisan heir-apparent ousted 15 years ago in a bitter power struggle. Malaysia's regime denies vote fraud charge http://on-msn.com/132gtFy via @mymsnnews
SYSTEMATIC FAILURE, ...WHO SAYS ; Electoral-reform advocates have warned of fraud in the election -- expected to be the closest in the country's history.
ReplyDeleteThey allege the electoral roll is rife with irregularities that could open the door to "phantom voters" being brought in to tip the balance in closely fought seats.
The government acknowledged the chartered flights were taking place but insisted they were registered voters being returned to their homes in a "get out the vote" drive for Barisan Nasional (BN).
"The flights in question were organised and paid for by friends of BN. They brought registered voters to their home districts so that they may vote in the upcoming election," Adnan Mansor, a top coalition official, said.
"There is no substance whatsoever to opposition allegations that passengers were anything other than registered Malaysian voters."
A government official denied Najib's office was involved in the flights.
Malaysia has been on edge over the polls, with campaigning marred by hundreds of reports of election violence, including an improvised bomb that went off at a ruling-party event, injuring one person.
The ruling bloc has controlled Malaysia since independence in 1957 but faces the strongest opposition in the country's history, led by Anwar, a one-time Barisan heir-apparent ousted 15 years ago in a bitter power struggle.
SYSTEMATIC FAILURE plus Security Oversights, ...WHO SAYS ; Electoral-reform advocates have warned of fraud in the election -- expected to be the closest in the country's history.
ReplyDeleteThey allege the electoral roll is rife with irregularities that could open the door to "phantom voters" being brought in to tip the balance in closely fought seats.
The government acknowledged the chartered flights were taking place but insisted they were registered voters being returned to their homes in a "get out the vote" drive for Barisan Nasional (BN).
"The flights in question were organised and paid for by friends of BN. They brought registered voters to their home districts so that they may vote in the upcoming election," Adnan Mansor, a top coalition official, said.
"There is no substance whatsoever to opposition allegations that passengers were anything other than registered Malaysian voters."
A government official denied Najib's office was involved in the flights.
Malaysia has been on edge over the polls, with campaigning marred by hundreds of reports of election violence, including an improvised bomb that went off at a ruling-party event, injuring one person.
The ruling bloc has controlled Malaysia since independence in 1957 but faces the strongest opposition in the country's history, led by Anwar, a one-time Barisan heir-apparent ousted 15 years ago in a bitter power struggle. Malaysia's regime denies vote fraud charge http://on-msn.com/132gtFy via @mymsnnews