The Malaysian Insight

A FAMILY of 32 living in the same address? Electoral watchdog Bersih 2.0 said today it had uncovered 119 phantom voters registered under the same addresses in Malacca.

Chairman Maria Chin Abdullah said 73 new voters in Bukit Baru were registered under two different addresses and 46 new voters in Bachang were registered under an address with no house number.

“Under normal circumstances you won’t have houses like this, where your whole family 32 are living under one house in Bukit Baru,” Maria said in a press conference at the Bersih headquarters today.

She said the Election Commission (EC) should implement automatic registration to avoid phantom voters from appearing in the system.

“We have made our recommendations and by right, they should do automatic registration… then you will have everyone with their full addresses according to their identity card.

“Since the EC said they are not interested in automatic registration… it raises the question of why.”

She also said Bersih has set up a hotline for the public to report any discrepancies found in their voting registration.

“It is necessary for us to track every quarter who are the people who get thrown out or face objection. Another reason is to report to us discrepancies.

“We can then highlight it to the media and submit these discrepancies to the EC for their action.”

Out of the 73 voters registered in Bukit Baru, 32 were registered at No.1, Jalan SJ1, Taman Saujana Jaya, Bukit Katil and 41 at Batu 4½, Kampung Bukit Beruang with no house number given.

The other 46 voters in Bachang were registered under an address at Batu 2½ Solok Musai, without a house number.

The Bersih 2.0 hotline is 011 1131 3803 or email hotlinebersih@gmail.com. – April 25, 2017.