tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280048682024-03-15T02:49:22.065+08:00PRESENT POINT POWERYour PRESENT is the point at which flesh and matter meet with the spirit. Therefore "THE PRESENT IS THE POINT OF POWER" in your current time, as you think of it. The PRESENT is your point of a c t i o n, f o c u s and p o w e r, and from that point of volition you form both your F U T U R E AND P A S T. Computer,Internet, Marketing, Interesting Stuff, google, tips, power.multidimidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09493085414828581034noreply@blogger.comBlogger86213tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28004868.post-11464563727122554962008-09-22T00:28:00.001+08:002008-09-22T00:57:06.343+08:00Multimid's Passing... 7 March 2008Hi everyone,<br /><br />I'm sadden to report here that my father who owns this blog has peacefully passed away on the 7th of March 2008. I am the eldest son of my father and if you knew him well, would really appreciate it if you can contact me by e-mail to tell me your relationship or knowledge of him: <a href="mailto:ebackbone@gmail.com">ebackbone@gmail.com</a><br /><br />I'll do my best to update this place as often as possible. Thanks.multidimidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09493085414828581034noreply@blogger.com85tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28004868.post-52468005891596145462008-03-04T23:46:00.004+08:002008-03-05T02:56:22.159+08:00RM1 M Indelible 2008 Election Ink Scrapped; IGP: Confusion, Public Order & Security at Stake; AG: Amend Constitution 1st; Oppositions think Otherwise<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R82R3HIA5AI/AAAAAAAAUUA/c5Kl2sz7nrE/s1600-h/1_+Vid+top+NEW+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R82R3HIA5AI/AAAAAAAAUUA/c5Kl2sz7nrE/s320/1_+Vid+top+NEW+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173951922910061570" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-family:Arial;" ><br />= == = == =</span><b style=""><span style="background: red none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;font-family:Arial;color:white;" >Believe it or not,</span></b><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-family:Arial;" > </span><b style=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:Arial;" >IGP & Rashid Genuine fears & the Reports</span></b><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-family:Arial;" >,<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-family:Arial;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">With more details released it is now more clearer what are the implications if the Ink is used</span>. Apparently s<span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">abotage plans </span>are to be implemented<span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"> BEFORE</span> Election day to <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">"ink"</span> the rural folks to create the confusion.<br /></span></span></span></span> <p><span style="font-family:Arial;">The <b style=""><span style="background: lime none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">gist of the cancellation</span></b> and the <b style=""><span style="background: aqua none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">implication if the Ink is used</span></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Musa</span>: “<b style=""><span style="color:red;">uncovered an attempt by some irresponsible people out to create a confusion </span></b>during Saturday's elections by having <b style=""><span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">voters dipped their fingers in indelible ink <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">BEFORE</span> the polling day”. </span></b></span><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Rashid is worried this attempt might <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">sabotage</span> the Polls on 8<sup>th</sup> March and upset the result.; </span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;">the <b style=""><span style="color:red;">activity occurring especially in the rural and interior areas, and the aim was to create confusion and suspicion on the status of the voters concerned.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> <span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><span style=";font-family:Arial;color:red;" ><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);">Prevented from voting </span>- Those</span></b></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > with fingers marked can be regarded as having <span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-weight: bold;">casted</span> their votes when they go to the voting centres on polling day. There are also possibilities that those who have been cheated will not go out to vote as they are afraid of <b style=""><span style="color:maroon;">being deemed as having committed an <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">offence</span></span></b><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">,</span> This <b style=""><span style=""> </span>would lead to a chaotic situation at </b>the voting centres, which might be difficult to control as the candidates' agents and EC staff would get <b style=""><span style="background: silver none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;color:blue;" >confused over the status of the voters= == == == =<br /></span></b></span> <p><b style=""><i style=""><span style="background: lime none repeat scroll 0% 50%; font-family: Arial; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">UPDATE</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">: </span><st1:date year="2008" day="5" month="3"><span style="font-family: Arial;">March 05, 2008</span></st1:date><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><st1:time minute="28" hour="0"><span style="font-family: Arial;">00:28 AM</span></st1:time><span style="font-family: Arial;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><b style=""><span style="background: red none repeat scroll 0% 50%; font-family: Arial; color: white; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">PM</span></b><b style=""><span style="background: navy none repeat scroll 0% 50%; font-family: Arial; color: white; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">: EC'S Reversal Of Indelible Ink Decision To Prevent Voter Victimisation</span></b><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial; color: white;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial;">KOTA BAHARU, March 5 (Bernama) -- Datuk Seri <b style=""><span style="background: purple none repeat scroll 0% 50%; color: white; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">Abdullah</span><span style="color: white;"> </span></b>Ahmad Badawi says that <b style=""><span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">the move</span></b> by the Election Commission (EC) <b style=""><span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">to call off its earlier decision</span></b> to use indelible ink on the nails or fingers of voters on Saturday is to <b style=""><span style="background: aqua none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">avoid registered voters from being victimised</span></b>.<span style=""> </span>The Prime Minister said it was felt that such a decision by the EC was necessary to <b style=""><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">prevent certain parties from thwarting the electoral process by preventing voters to exercise their democratic right to vote. </span></b><span style=""> </span>"<span style="color: blue;">There is a possibility of certain actions by certain quarters that could give rise to chaos and there is a likelihood that those who want to vote could not do so as their fingers were already stained with ink</span>.<span style=""> </span>"<span style="color: blue;">As such, this sort of victimisation should not be allowed," </span>he told reporters after meeting leaders of the Kelantan Umno Liaison Body Tuesday night. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial;">Among those who attended were the head of the body, Datuk Seri Annuar Musa, and his deputy, Datuk Dr Awang Adek Hussin, as well as a number of Kelantan BN candidates for the general election.<span style=""> </span>The Prime Minister said he had also read a report prepared by various authorities in connection with the possibility of some groups wanting to thwart or sabotage the general election, especially in Kelantan, by bringing in the indelible ink. Abdullah, who is also the Internal Security, said that in <span style="color: blue;">facing that possibility, it was therefore appropriate for the EC to protect its integrity</span>. "<span style="color: blue;">What is more important is that the rights of the people who had registered to vote must be upheld. "That must be the guarantee from the EC to all citizens and voters on March 8</span>," he said.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R817InIA46I/AAAAAAAAUTQ/8SuR5gm0Q_Y/s1600-h/1_+1__1+ABD1_resize.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R817InIA46I/AAAAAAAAUTQ/8SuR5gm0Q_Y/s320/1_+1__1+ABD1_resize.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173926934790333346" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">ABOVE & BELOW</span>: <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-family:Arial;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 0);">PM Abdullah has ordered EC to meet Opposition parties to explain the situation</span></span></span></span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R817J3IA47I/AAAAAAAAUTY/MZbVD0yGZts/s1600-h/1_+1__1+ABD2_resize.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R817J3IA47I/AAAAAAAAUTY/MZbVD0yGZts/s320/1_+1__1+ABD2_resize.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173926956265169842" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial;">Abdullah <b style=""><span style="color: red;">denied </span></b>that the EC's move was as a result of instructions <b style=""><span style="color: red;">from<span style=""> </span>him or Barisan Nasional (BN</span></b>)."This was not our (BN's) work. This was a decision by the EC," he said. Abdullah said the EC should now invite representatives from all political parties and explain to them in detail why it called off the use of indelible ink in the general election. "<span style="color: red;">I have informed Datuk Radzi (BN Secretary-General Datuk Seri Radzi Sheikh Ahmad) to get detailed explanations from the EC</span>," he said. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial;">In Putrajaya today, EC Chairman Tan Sri Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman announced the cancellation of its earlier decision to use indelible ink on voters in the general election following advice from the legal point of view and public safety.<span style=""> </span>Abdul Rashid said investigations following a report to the police had confirmed that irresponsible groups had bought the ink from abroad to persuade and bribe those who were not so sure about the use of the ink by smearing ink on their fingers even before they voted.<span style=""> </span>"<b style=""><span style="background: purple none repeat scroll 0% 50%; color: white; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">The EC is extremely disappointed over the decision. But we need to make a firm and final decision to ensure our obligation and responsibility </span><span style="background: blue none repeat scroll 0% 50%; color: white; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">towards a smooth election </span><span style="background: purple none repeat scroll 0% 50%; color: white; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">process as well as public safety,"</span></b> he said.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-family:Arial;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"></span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">= == = ==<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">Scrapped Indelible Ink</span><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">The reason is given that it is for "<b><i><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">public security & order"</span></i></b>. And the “<b style=""><span style="background: aqua none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">bogus fear”</span></b> tactic reared its ugly head in the face of a possible defeat of many seats for <span style=""> </span>the Government.<span style=""> </span>This last minute reversal of the use of the indelible ink would <b style=""><i style=""><span style="background: silver none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">ensure the hanky panky</span></i></b> can go once again so that the Government might not collapse and "<b><i><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">public security & order"</span></i></b> can thus be maintained. The announcement was made in the presence of the IGP & the AG. The EC has opted for the cheaper RM 1 million option to purchase this ink instead of the more expensive RM30 million <b style=""><span style="background: lime none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style=""> </span>biometric system working off the MyKad</span>. <i style=""><span style="background: fuchsia none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;color:white;" >It showed great fanfare in announcing its use and stated the Elections now would be </span><span style="background: blue none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;color:white;" >fairer</span><span style="color:white;">.</span></i></b></span><i style=""><span style="color:white;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p><b><span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; background-attachment: scroll;"><span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;font-family:Arial;color:blue;" >The immediate reactions of the Opposition parties were united in their indignant over the sudden decision by the Election Commission to cancel the use of the indelible ink. It is a clear proof of EC-BN collusion.</span></span></b></p>= == = == == = == == =<span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span> <p><st1:date year="2008" day="4" month="3"><span style="font-family:Arial;">March 04, 2008</span></st1:date><span style="font-family:Arial;"> 23:27 PM <span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><b style=""><span style="background: blue none repeat scroll 0% 50%; color: rgb(204, 255, 255); -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">EC Scraps Indelible Ink Plan</span></b></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R817LHIA4-I/AAAAAAAAUTw/wtNe4VxPon8/s1600-h/1_+1__1+Rashid_resize.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R817LHIA4-I/AAAAAAAAUTw/wtNe4VxPon8/s320/1_+1__1+Rashid_resize.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173926977740006370" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Arial;">PUTRAJAYA, March 4 (Bernama) -- The Election Commission (<b style=""><span style="color:red;">EC)</span></b> has <b style=""><span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;color:red;" >scrapped the indelible ink plan</span></b> for the March 8 general election following legal advice, its chairman Tan Sri <b style=""><span style="background: teal none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;color:white;" >Abdul Rashid</span></b> Abdul Rahman said. He said that the decision made at a meeting today was also to ensure <b style=""><span style="background: red none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;color:white;" >security and public order</span></b>. "<i style=""><span style="color:blue;">Police investigations reveal that there are irresponsible people who bought ink from foreign countries in order to persuade those not familiar with the procedure to have the ink applied (to a voter's forefinger or nail) before polling day,"</span></i> he told a press conference at the EC headquarters, here. "<i style=""><span style="color:blue;">The EC is very disappointed. However, it has to make a firm and final decision to ensure a smooth polling process and for the sake of security and public order</span></i>," he explained. Also present at the press conference were Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail and Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Arial;">Prior to this the EC had announced that it would use a special black ink<span style=""> </span>from </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-family:Arial;">India</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-family:Arial;"> to avoid cheating in the upcoming election. However, this would not apply to postal voters, who already had other declarations to determine the authenticity of their votes. The indelible ink plan, <b style=""><span style="background: aqua none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">costing less than RM1 million</span></b>, was to appease parties, who had pressured the EC to introduce certain procedures to prevent rigging in the voting process. Abdul Rashid said that the <b style=""><span style="color:red;">activity occurred especially in the rural and interior areas, and the aim was to create confusion and suspicion on the status of the voters concerned. </span></b><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">"They can be regarded as having casted their votes when they go to the voting centres on polling day. There are also possibilities that those who have been cheated will not go out to vote as they are afraid of <b style=""><span style="color:maroon;">being deemed as having committed an offence</span></b>," he said. He said that if these voters presented themselves at the voting centres, it would result in a chaotic situation, which might be difficult to control as the candidates' agents and EC staff would get <b style=""><span style="background: silver none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;color:blue;" >confused over the status of the voters</span></b>. Abdul Rashid stressed that the voting process, security and public order could not be compromised. Abdul Rashid said that the plan was also scrapped because of the <b style=""><span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">need to legislate a law allowing a voter whose nail or forefinger had been applied with the ink or one who refused, to be given the voting paper</span></b>. He said that if the indelible ink was to be introduced it should <span style="color:blue;">not affect the rights of a voter to vote under</span> the Federal Constitution unless he was no longer given this right under the law. Abdul Rashid said that the EC was not pressured by any political parties in making the decision and hoped that all the relevant parties would accept the decision.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">"<i style=""><span style="color:red;">The EC wants to have this as part of the system, but it looks like circumstances do not permit, so be patient</span></i>," he said. Abdul Rashid said despite allegations of cheating during a voting process, the EC has not received any evidence. "<i style=""><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">So, in order to convince these people, I have to meet their demand in a way that we are doing now, since other countries are doing, why not we</span></i>," he said. Asked why the EC made the initial plan to use indelible ink, he said it was part of the commission's effort "<b style=""><span style="color:green;">because we were asked to do, whatever way we can in order to convince people that there is no cheating in the election</span></b>." Commenting on other parties getting the ink, <b style=""><span style="background: navy none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;color:white;" >Abdul Rashid</span></b> said: It is known to the whole world where to get this ink, even if we didn't tell them they would have known."</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R817KXIA48I/AAAAAAAAUTg/gN2WsGrzV0I/s1600-h/1_+1__1+GHANI_resize.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R817KXIA48I/AAAAAAAAUTg/gN2WsGrzV0I/s320/1_+1__1+GHANI_resize.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173926964855104450" border="0" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Meanwhile,<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"> Gani</span> (<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">ABOVE</span>) when asked whether the indelible ink method could be used in future elections, said that the Federal Constitution needed to be amended first</span>."The amendment can be made provided the government of the day agrees, and if parliament approves, and the Royal consent (is given), it will become law," he said.</span>= == = = == = == = =<br /></p><p><st1:date year="2008" day="4" month="3"><span style="font-family:Arial;">March 04, 2008</span></st1:date><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span><st1:time minute="58" hour="21"><span style="font-family:Arial;">21:58 PM</span></st1:time><br /><b style=""><span style="background: blue none repeat scroll 0% 50%; color: rgb(204, 255, 255); -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;font-family:Arial;" >Police Uncover Attempt To Create Confusion During Polls</span></b></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R81qjnIA45I/AAAAAAAAUTI/qtnaFNgk0YU/s1600-h/1_+1_IPG+Mar+0408_resize.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R81qjnIA45I/AAAAAAAAUTI/qtnaFNgk0YU/s320/1_+1_IPG+Mar+0408_resize.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173908706949129106" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">PUTRAJAYA, March 4 (Bernama) -- Police have <b style=""><span style="color:red;">uncovered an attempt by some irresponsible people out to create a confusion </span></b>during Saturday's elections by having <b style=""><span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">voters dipped their fingers in indelible ink before the polling day.</span><span style=""> </span>I</b>nspector-General of Police Tan Sri <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 255);">Musa Hassan (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">ABOVE</span>) </span>said four individuals had lodged police reports alleging that there were people <i style=""><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">buying such ink from overseas and planning to persuade misinformed voters to use it before the polls</span></i>. One report was received <b style="">in Kelantan, one in Kedah and two in Perlis</b> from Feb 16 to 21, and police had classified them as <b style=""><span style="background: lime none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">attempted cheating</span></b>, he told reporters here today.<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">He said the <b style=""><span style="color:blue;">allegation was found to be true but so far, no arrests had been made</span></b> as the police were still identifying the people involved based on the statements recorded from by the complainants, aged between 30 and 50, who were traders and self-employed. Asked whether the complainants were from political parties, he said: "<span style="color:blue;">I don't know but they are locals.</span>" When asked how soon the case was expected to be solved, he said: <span style="color:blue;">"I am trying to get all the assistance on this.</span><span style=""> </span>"<span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">We have interviewed the individuals. We want to know where they obtain the information</span>." He said police were also trying to ascertain where the ink came from.</span></p><p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: lime none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">= = = == Statement from PKR</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Dr Syed Husin Ali, Deputy President of Parti KeADILan Rakyat, issued this statement :<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style=""> </span><b style=""><span style="background: blue none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;color:white;" >Withdrawal </span><span style="background: red none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;color:white;" >of use of Indelible Ink</span></b><br /><span style=""> </span>With the decision of the Elections Commission (EC) to cancel the use of indelible ink, there is no need for further proof that the <b style=""><span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">EC is colluding with Barisan Nasional (BN)</span></b> to allow cheating in the coming General Elections.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R8063HIA43I/AAAAAAAAUS4/FiN3o7EEez8/s1600-h/R1+Rashid_resize.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R8063HIA43I/AAAAAAAAUS4/FiN3o7EEez8/s320/R1+Rashid_resize.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173856265398444914" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">ABOVE</span>: <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-style: italic;">Abdul Rasid making the <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">U-Turn <span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 255);">announcement</span> </span>in the use of Indelible</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style=""> </span>Despite all assurances and false gestures, it is now clear the Tan Sri <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Rashid</span> is content to conduct the 12th General Elections in an atmosphere completely bereft of integrity. <b style=""><span style="color:red;">Citing 'public order' and 'security'</span></b> is also nonsensical reasoning that is perfectly consistent with the language of forces around the world who seek to supress democratic freedoms.<br /><span style=""> </span>BERSIH, which represents not just political parties but a wide swathe of civil society, has campaigned tirelessly for indelible ink to be used to battle the <b style=""><span style="background: lime none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">scourge of phantom voters</span></b>. Candidates have observed irregularities in <span style="background: aqua none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">postal voting, and revealed hundreds and thousands of false addresses, dead individuals and voters over 100 years old in the electoral roll</span>. The EC has ignored BERSIH's demands to address these problems and now the third of BERSIH's core demands has gone unfulfilled.<br /><span style=""> </span>At a moment where the eyes of the entire world are upon us, the EC has now conclusively and irrevocably shown that any <b style=""><i style=""><span style="color:red;">overtures towards reform that it had made previously were in bad faith</span></i></b>, and that in decisive moments, the EC will yield to every demand of its political masters.<br /><span style=""> </span>KeADILan notes one positive outcome of this development however. BN intelligence must clearly be <b style=""><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">showing a swing towards the Opposition</span></b>, thus forcing them to resort once again to phantom voters and other forms of cheating to <b style=""><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">minimize the electoral losses</span></b> they must clearly be anticipating. BN is clearly taking no chances.<span style=""> </span>We are encouraged by this trend and call upon <b style=""><span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">all Opposition sympathisers to strenghten their resolve</span></b> and their efforts as we enter the final stretch of our campaign for a better </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-family:Arial;">Malaysia</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-family:Arial;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style=""> </span>Dr. Syed Husin Ali; <span style=""> </span>KeADILan Deputy President<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p> </p><p>= = == == =, STAR has a more detailed explanation<br /><st1:date year="2008" day="4" month="3"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Tuesday March 4, 2008</span></st1:date><span style="font-family:Arial;">; MYT </span><st1:time minute="55" hour="17"><span style="font-family:Arial;">5:55:31 PM</span></st1:time><span style="font-family:Arial;">; STAR<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><b style=""><span style="background: red none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;font-family:Arial;color:white;" >EC cancels </span></b><b style=""><span style="background: purple none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;font-family:Arial;color:white;" >use of indelible ink</span></b><b style=""><span style=";font-family:Arial;color:white;" >; </span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;">By RAPHAEL WONG<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Arial;">PUTRAJAYA: The Election Commission has cancelled the use of indelible ink in polling this Saturday, citing <b style=""><span style="background: aqua none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">public order and security reasons</span></b>. Its chairman Tan Sri <b style=""><span style="background: navy none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;color:white;" >Abdul Rashid</span><span style="color:white;"> </span></b>Abdul Rahman said following a meeting held Tuesday, the EC was obliged to make <b style=""><i style=""><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">a firm and final decision to ensure the smooth conduct of the 12th general election</span></i></b>. He said provisions to the law needed <b style=""><i style=""><span style="color:green;">if the ink was to be used still could not affect the constitutional right of a voter to cast his vote</span></i></b>, even a person whose fingernail had been marked with indelible ink or one who refuses to have his or her fingernail marked this way. "<b style=""><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">From a practical point of view, the issuance of a ballot paper to such a voter would render the EC's proposal meaningless and will not bring about a positive result, whilst having the potential to create misunderstanding as well as altercations and arguments at polling stations</span></b>," he said.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">The Federal Constitution gives you the right to vote, and a black mark on your fingernail should not bar you from exercising this right, he said.Abdul Rashid said there were also <b style=""><span style="color:blue;">reports made to the police confirming that certain irresponsible quarters had purchased indelible ink from abroad with the intention of creating confusion and suspicion as to the status of voters</span></b>. "<i style=""><span style="color:red;">The EC views these issues seriously as the election process and public order and security cannot be compromised," </span></i>he said.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">The use of indelible ink was first proposed last June to safeguard against multiple or phantom voting. Abdul Rashid then said that the system would be subject to amendments to the Election (Conduct of Election) Regulation 1981.He said indelible ink had been chosen over other measures, such as a biometric system working off the MyKad (chip-based identity card carried by all Malaysians above the age of 12) because such such smartcard readers would have cost about RM60,000 each, and every voting stream would have to be equipped with one. Using such a system would have <b style=""><i style=""><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">cost in excess of RM30mil</span></i></b>. The commission bought about 47,000 bottles of the indelible ink, manufactured in </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-family:Arial;">India</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-family:Arial;">, <b style="">for RM2mil</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> = == = == ==<st1:date year="2008" day="4" month="3"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-family:Arial;" >March 04, 2008</span></st1:date><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-family:Arial;" > </span><st1:time minute="10" hour="17"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-family:Arial;" >17:10 PM</span></st1:time><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-family:Arial;" > <span style=""> </span></span><br /><p><b style=""><span style="background: blue none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;font-family:Arial;color:white;" >EC Scraps </span></b><b style=""><span style="background: red none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;font-family:Arial;color:white;" >Indelible Ink Plan</span></b><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-family:Arial;" >PUTRAJAYA, March 4 (Bernama) -- The Election Commission Tuesday cancelled plan to use indelible ink in the upcoming general election.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-family:Arial;" >= == = ==Watch the Video Clip - <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">The Fear, the Confusion and the Constitution Amendment</span></span></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R819InIA4_I/AAAAAAAAUT4/f_0ESMK4dgI/s1600-h/1_+Vid+top+NEW.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R819InIA4_I/AAAAAAAAUT4/f_0ESMK4dgI/s320/1_+Vid+top+NEW.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173929133813588978" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-family:Arial;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"></span>= == = == = == = =</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-family:Arial;" >being compiled & edited and loading later</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-family:Arial;" >= == == = == == = ===<br /></span></p><p><br /></p>multidimidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09493085414828581034noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28004868.post-88030255557223609502008-03-04T07:17:00.009+08:002008-03-05T21:00:02.205+08:00MORE PICS - Police & Army “Postal Doubles” detected in issuance of postal Ballots; Postal Voting on but No secrecy; Ballot No can be traced to Voters<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-family:Arial;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"></span></span></span> <p><b style=""><span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 50%; font-family: Arial; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">Postal Voting For Armed Forces Personnel Begins</span></b><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family: Arial;">KUALA LUMPUR</span></st1:place></st1:City><span style="font-family: Arial;">, March 5 (Bernama) -- <b style=""><span style="background: aqua none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">Postal voting</span> </b>for members of the <span style="background: aqua none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">armed forces began</span> Wednesday to enable the forces' 111,591 registered voters to exercise their rights. <b style=""><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">Defence Forces Chief Tan Sri Abdul Aziz</span></b> Zainal was the earliest to cast his vote at Wisma Pertahanan at Jalan Padang Tembak here. Abdul Aziz and wife, Puan Sri Rositah Md Nawi, arrived at </span><st1:time minute="0" hour="9"><span style="font-family: Arial;">9am</span></st1:time><span style="font-family: Arial;"> and cast their votes for the Setiawangsa parliamentary constituency. Others who also cast their postal votes were <b style=""><span style="color: blue;">Air Force chief Tan Sri Azizan</span></b> Arifin, <b style=""><span style="color: red;">Army chief</span></b> Tan Sri Muhammad Ismail Jamaluddin and <b style=""><span style="color: teal;">Navy chief</span></b> Tan Sri Ramlan Mohamed Ali. The armed forces' election coordinating officer for Setiawangsa, Lt Col Hamdan Yaccob said the <b style="">two-day postal voting</b> would also take place in camps nationwide while those stationed obroad would be voting in their respective deployments. "At the Defence Ministry alone, <b style=""><span style="background: lime none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">there are 12,647 registered voters</span></b>," he said.<br />The ballot papers would be handed over to the <b style=""><span style="color: red;">Election Commission on Friday. He said a total of 24,091 spouses</span></b> of armed forces personnel were also eligible to cast postal votes in this election. The number of postal voters from the armed forces had increased by 15 per cent from the last general election in 2004, he added. Meanwhile Abdul Aziz said the voting process went on smootly. He hoped that all registered voters in the forces would exercise their rights<b style=""><span style="color: green;">. "Even though there is no law to make it compulsory for them to cast postal votes, it's their responsibilities to do so</span></b>."</span>= == = = == = == = == </p><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-family:Arial;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"></span></span></span><p><st1:date year="2008" day="4" month="3"><span style="font-family:Arial;">March 04, 2008</span></st1:date><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span><st1:time minute="58" hour="21"><span style="font-family:Arial;">21:58 PM</span></st1:time><br /><b style=""><span style="background: blue none repeat scroll 0% 50%; color: rgb(204, 255, 255); -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;font-family:Arial;" >Police Uncover Attempt To Create Confusion During Polls</span></b></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R81qjnIA45I/AAAAAAAAUTI/qtnaFNgk0YU/s1600-h/1_+1_IPG+Mar+0408_resize.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R81qjnIA45I/AAAAAAAAUTI/qtnaFNgk0YU/s320/1_+1_IPG+Mar+0408_resize.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173908706949129106" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">PUTRAJAYA, March 4 (Bernama) -- Police have <b style=""><span style="color:red;">uncovered an attempt by some irresponsible people out to create a confusion </span></b>during Saturday's elections by having <b style=""><span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">voters dipped their fingers in indelible ink before the polling day.</span><span style=""> </span>I</b>nspector-General of Police Tan Sri <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 255);">Musa Hassan (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">ABOVE</span>) </span>said four individuals had lodged police reports alleging that there were people <i style=""><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">buying such ink from overseas and planning to persuade misinformed voters to use it before the polls</span></i>. One report was received <b style="">in Kelantan, one in Kedah and two in Perlis</b> from Feb 16 to 21, and police had classified them as <b style=""><span style="background: lime none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">attempted cheating</span></b>, he told reporters here today.<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">He said the <b style=""><span style="color:blue;">allegation was found to be true but so far, no arrests had been made</span></b> as the police were still identifying the people involved based on the statements recorded from by the complainants, aged between 30 and 50, who were traders and self-employed. Asked whether the complainants were from political parties, he said: "<span style="color:blue;">I don't know but they are locals.</span>" When asked how soon the case was expected to be solved, he said: <span style="color:blue;">"I am trying to get all the assistance on this.</span><span style=""> </span>"<span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">We have interviewed the individuals. We want to know where they obtain the information</span>." He said police were also trying to ascertain where the ink came from.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">= == = ==<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">Scrapped Indelible Ink</span><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><span style="font-family:Arial;">The reason is given that it is for "<b><i><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">public security & order"</span></i></b>. And the “<b style=""><span style="background: aqua none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">bogus fear”</span></b> tactic reared its ugly head in the face of a possible defeat of many seats for <span style=""> </span>the Government.<span style=""> </span>This last minute reversal of the use of the indelible ink would <b style=""><i style=""><span style="background: silver none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">ensure the hanky panky</span></i></b> can go once again so that the Government might not collapse and "<b><i><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">public security & order"</span></i></b> can thus be maintained. The announcement was made in the presence of the IGP & the AG. The EC has opted for the cheaper RM 2 million option to purchase this ink instead of the more expensive RM30 million <b style=""><span style="background: lime none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><span style=""> </span>biometric system working off the MyKad</span>. <i style=""><span style="background: fuchsia none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;color:white;" >It showed great fanfare in announcing its use and stated the Elections now would be </span><span style="background: blue none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;color:white;" >fairer</span><span style="color:white;">.</span></i></b></span><i style=""><span style="color:white;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p><b><span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; background-attachment: scroll;"><span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;font-family:Arial;color:blue;" >The immediate reactions of the Opposition parties were united in their indignant over the sudden decision by the Election Commission to cancel the use of the indelible ink. It is a clear proof of EC-BN collusion</span></span></b></p><p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: lime none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">= = = == Statement from PKR</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Dr Syed Husin Ali, Deputy President of Parti KeADILan Rakyat, issued this statement :<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style=""> </span><b style=""><span style="background: blue none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;color:white;" >Withdrawal </span><span style="background: red none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;color:white;" >of use of Indelible Ink</span></b><br /><span style=""> </span>With the decision of the Elections Commission (EC) to cancel the use of indelible ink, there is no need for further proof that the <b style=""><span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">EC is colluding with Barisan Nasional (BN)</span></b> to allow cheating in the coming General Elections.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R8063HIA43I/AAAAAAAAUS4/FiN3o7EEez8/s1600-h/R1+Rashid_resize.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R8063HIA43I/AAAAAAAAUS4/FiN3o7EEez8/s320/R1+Rashid_resize.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173856265398444914" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">ABOVE</span>: <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-style: italic;">Abdul Rasid making the <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">U-Turn <span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 255);">announcement</span> </span>in the use of Indelible Ink: <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">BELOW</span>: The Bogus fear tactic is used</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R81CL3IA44I/AAAAAAAAUTA/y2GDhjj-5to/s1600-h/1_+Vid+top_resize.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R81CL3IA44I/AAAAAAAAUTA/y2GDhjj-5to/s320/1_+Vid+top_resize.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173864318462124930" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style=""> </span>Despite all assurances and false gestures, it is now clear the Tan Sri <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Rashid</span> is content to conduct the 12th General Elections in an atmosphere completely bereft of integrity. <b style=""><span style="color:red;">Citing 'public order' and 'security'</span></b> is also nonsensical reasoning that is perfectly consistent with the language of forces around the world who seek to supress democratic freedoms.<br /><span style=""> </span>BERSIH, which represents not just political parties but a wide swathe of civil society, has campaigned tirelessly for indelible ink to be used to battle the <b style=""><span style="background: lime none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">scourge of phantom voters</span></b>. Candidates have observed irregularities in <span style="background: aqua none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">postal voting, and revealed hundreds and thousands of false addresses, dead individuals and voters over 100 years old in the electoral roll</span>. The EC has ignored BERSIH's demands to address these problems and now the third of BERSIH's core demands has gone unfulfilled.<br /><span style=""> </span>At a moment where the eyes of the entire world are upon us, the EC has now conclusively and irrevocably shown that any <b style=""><i style=""><span style="color:red;">overtures towards reform that it had made previously were in bad faith</span></i></b>, and that in decisive moments, the EC will yield to every demand of its political masters.<br /><span style=""> </span>KeADILan notes one positive outcome of this development however. BN intelligence must clearly be <b style=""><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">showing a swing towards the Opposition</span></b>, thus forcing them to resort once again to phantom voters and other forms of cheating to <b style=""><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">minimize the electoral losses</span></b> they must clearly be anticipating. BN is clearly taking no chances.<span style=""> </span>We are encouraged by this trend and call upon <b style=""><span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">all Opposition sympathisers to strenghten their resolve</span></b> and their efforts as we enter the final stretch of our campaign for a better </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-family:Arial;">Malaysia</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-family:Arial;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style=""> </span>Dr. Syed Husin Ali; <span style=""> </span>KeADILan Deputy President<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p> </p><p>= = == == =, STAR has a more detailed explanation<br /><st1:date year="2008" day="4" month="3"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Tuesday March 4, 2008</span></st1:date><span style="font-family:Arial;">; MYT </span><st1:time minute="55" hour="17"><span style="font-family:Arial;">5:55:31 PM</span></st1:time><span style="font-family:Arial;">; STAR<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><b style=""><span style="background: red none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;font-family:Arial;color:white;" >EC cancels </span></b><b style=""><span style="background: purple none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;font-family:Arial;color:white;" >use of indelible ink</span></b><b style=""><span style=";font-family:Arial;color:white;" >; </span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;">By RAPHAEL WONG<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Arial;">PUTRAJAYA: The Election Commission has cancelled the use of indelible ink in polling this Saturday, citing <b style=""><span style="background: aqua none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">public order and security reasons</span></b>. Its chairman Tan Sri <b style=""><span style="background: navy none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;color:white;" >Abdul Rashid</span><span style="color:white;"> </span></b>Abdul Rahman said following a meeting held Tuesday, the EC was obliged to make <b style=""><i style=""><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">a firm and final decision to ensure the smooth conduct of the 12th general election</span></i></b>. He said provisions to the law needed <b style=""><i style=""><span style="color:green;">if the ink was to be used still could not affect the constitutional right of a voter to cast his vote</span></i></b>, even a person whose fingernail had been marked with indelible ink or one who refuses to have his or her fingernail marked this way. "<b style=""><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">From a practical point of view, the issuance of a ballot paper to such a voter would render the EC's proposal meaningless and will not bring about a positive result, whilst having the potential to create misunderstanding as well as altercations and arguments at polling stations</span></b>," he said.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">The Federal Constitution gives you the right to vote, and a black mark on your fingernail should not bar you from exercising this right, he said.Abdul Rashid said there were also <b style=""><span style="color:blue;">reports made to the police confirming that certain irresponsible quarters had purchased indelible ink from abroad with the intention of creating confusion and suspicion as to the status of voters</span></b>. "<i style=""><span style="color:red;">The EC views these issues seriously as the election process and public order and security cannot be compromised," </span></i>he said.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">The use of indelible ink was first proposed last June to safeguard against multiple or phantom voting. Abdul Rashid then said that the system would be subject to amendments to the Election (Conduct of Election) Regulation 1981.He said indelible ink had been chosen over other measures, such as a biometric system working off the MyKad (chip-based identity card carried by all Malaysians above the age of 12) because such such smartcard readers would have cost about RM60,000 each, and every voting stream would have to be equipped with one. Using such a system would have <b style=""><i style=""><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">cost in excess of RM30mil</span></i></b>. The commission bought about 47,000 bottles of the indelible ink, manufactured in </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-family:Arial;">India</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-family:Arial;">, <b style="">for RM2mil</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> = == = == ==<b style=""><span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;font-family:Arial;color:blue;" ></span></b><b style=""><span style=";font-family:Arial;color:blue;" ><o:p></o:p></span></b> <p><st1:date year="2008" day="4" month="3"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-family:Arial;" >March 04, 2008</span></st1:date><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-family:Arial;" > </span><st1:time minute="10" hour="17"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-family:Arial;" >17:10 PM</span></st1:time><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-family:Arial;" > <span style=""> </span></span><br /><b style=""><span style="background: blue none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;font-family:Arial;color:white;" >EC Scraps </span></b><b style=""><span style="background: red none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;font-family:Arial;color:white;" >Indelible Ink Plan</span></b><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-family:Arial;" >PUTRAJAYA, March 4 (Bernama) -- The Election Commission Tuesday cancelled plan to use indelible ink in the upcoming general election.</span></p><p>= == = = =Go<a href="http://powerpresent.blogspot.com/2008/03/rm1-m-indelible-2008-election-ink.html"> <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">H E R E</span></a> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">New updates in new</span> Post On</p><p> </p><p><b style=""><span style="background: navy none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;font-family:Arial;color:white;" >RM1 M Indelible 2008 Election Ink Scrapped</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;">; <b style=""><span style="background: red none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;color:white;" >IGP: Confusion, Public Order & Security at Stake;</span></b> <b style=""><span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">AG: Amend Constitution First;</span></b> <b style=""><span style="color:blue;">Oppositions think Otherwise<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> <p> == == = == == = = =<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Original post below</span><br /></p><span style="font-family:Arial;">In Peninsula Malaysia, more <b style=""><span style="background: silver none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">than 6 postal cheats</span> </b>were exposed by PKR postal agents in Setiawanga, Kuala Lumpur with names & Identity numbers and over in East Malaysia, Sarawak the DAP assemblyman <b style=""><span style="background: lime none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">Wong Hon Leong, his wife and his election agents</span></b> must be given credit <b style=""><i style="">in <span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">exposing the irregularities in the electoral roll</span></i></b><span style=""> </span>in the <b style=""><span style="color:red;">Postal Voters</span></b> during the issuance of the postal ballots to the army & police in Sarawak,<span style=""> </span>From morning till 4pm they worked without break to detect manually <b style=""><span style="background: silver none repeat scroll 0% 50%; color: rgb(153, 51, 0); -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">13 duplicate voters</span></b> (given two <b style="">sets of ballot postal papers</b>) whereas the EC headquarters in Kuching (<b style=""><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">using Computers) can only detect 10 such voters</span></b>. More are said to be found in the electoral roll in the Computers <span style=""> </span>The <b style=""><span style="color:blue;">SUPP & PKR</span></b> representatives were invited but had no time and stayed for a short while and left. This expose would <b style=""><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">be embarrassing to EC chairman</span></b> <b style=""><span style="background: blue none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;color:white;" >Abdul Rashid</span></b> (<span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">BELOW</span>) who had declared on </span><st1:date year="2007" day="20" month="11"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Nov 20 2007</span></st1:date><span style="font-family:Arial;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R8yd5XIA4wI/AAAAAAAAUSA/6tZKIs4yYjY/s1600-h/a6+ABD+RASHID.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R8yd5XIA4wI/AAAAAAAAUSA/6tZKIs4yYjY/s320/a6+ABD+RASHID.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173683680727589634" border="0" /></a> <p><span style=";font-family:Arial;color:blue;" ></span></p><blockquote><span style=";font-family:Arial;color:blue;" >“I<em><span style="font-family:Arial;"> will resign; the Panel will also resign I think, they have to follow me. Cannot go onto the streets shouting slogans and so on, go to the kampong after kampong “ tipu orang” Yes you cannot prove but not outside but in Court. If the Judge said: </span></em></span><em><b style=""><span style="background: silver none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;font-family:Arial;color:fuchsia;" >'Oh there is rigging here and Election Commission is responsible</span></b></em><em><b style=""><span style="background: silver none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;font-family:Arial;color:blue;" >'</span></b></em><em><b style=""><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 255);font-family:Arial;" >, </span></b></em><em><b style=""><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 255); font-style: normal;font-family:Arial;" >I will resign</span></b></em><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-family:Arial;" >”<br />Check details on Previous Post <a href="http://powerpresent.blogspot.com/2007/11/mafrel-bersih-to-monitor-malaysian-12th.html"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">H E R E</span></a><br /></span></blockquote><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-family:Arial;" ><o:p></o:p></span><p></p> <p><span style="font-family:Arial;">Of course the <b style=""><span style="background: lime none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">EC chairman would not resign</span></b> and <span style="color:red;">dismissed these as small mistakes made by the data entry staff</span> and there is no <span style="color:blue;">intention of cheating or rigging an election. The response from the <b style="">EC Secretary</b> is appalling in the face of concrete evidence.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Arial;">"<b style=""><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 255);">They can </span><span style="color:red;">make</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 255);"> all kinds of allegations. Everyone </span><span style="color:red;">can only have one ballot paper</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 255);">. If they have problems, they can check with the </span><span style="color:red;">respective returning officers</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 255);">.</span></b>"<span style="color:blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Arial;color:blue;" ><span style=""> </span>What can the returning officer do?<span style=""> </span>Just cancel the” extra ballot paper”.<span style=""> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;">But there might be other daring efforts coming like <b style=""><i style=""><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">parachuting down hundreds</span></i></b><i style=""><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"> of “<b style="">postal votes</b>” during a <b style=""><span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">recount of a close fight</span></b></span></i>.<span style=""> </span>But who will be able to pinpoint such a <b style=""><span style="color:teal;">deliberate cheating and provide evidence</span></b> of doing so during a <b style=""><span style="color:green;">state of confusion</span></b>. <span style=""> </span>Then again if there is a will, there must be a way of doing it as Postal Votes constitutes <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">26% </span>of the total Electrol Roll</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R8yYGnIA4gI/AAAAAAAAUQA/YDwUWKjY0yQ/s1600-h/a1+postal+votes+tOTAL.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R8yYGnIA4gI/AAAAAAAAUQA/YDwUWKjY0yQ/s320/a1+postal+votes+tOTAL.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173677311291089410" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-family:Arial;" >= = == == == = == == =an</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-family:Arial;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> Exercise in Transparency for postal voting</span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-family:Arial;" > - <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;">which can be traced</span></span><br /><st1:date year="2008" day="3" month="3"><span style="font-family:Arial;">March 03, 2008</span></st1:date><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span><st1:time minute="7" hour="23"><span style="font-family:Arial;">23:07 PM</span></st1:time><br /><b style=""><span style="background: teal none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;font-family:Arial;color:white;" >IGP Among Earliest To Cast </span></b><b style=""><span style="background: blue none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;font-family:Arial;color:white;" >Postal Vote Today</span></b></p> <p><span style="font-family:Arial;">Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan is among the earliest policemen to cast postal votes for the March 8 general election. He casts his postal vote at the voting hall of the officers' mess in the federal police headquarters in Bukit Aman</span></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R8yelHIA4xI/AAAAAAAAUSI/TsWKYBAaiKU/s1600-h/z1+.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R8yelHIA4xI/AAAAAAAAUSI/TsWKYBAaiKU/s320/z1+.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173684432346866450" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">ABOVE & BELOW</span>: The IGP - Police Chief leading the pack in a great show of Postal balloting </span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R8yelXIA4yI/AAAAAAAAUSQ/ck-6qBdG-8A/s1600-h/z2++IGP2_resize.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R8yelXIA4yI/AAAAAAAAUSQ/ck-6qBdG-8A/s320/z2++IGP2_resize.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173684436641833762" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:Arial;">KUALA LUMPUR</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:Arial;">, March 3 (Bernama) -- Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri <b style=""><span style="background: purple none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;color:white;" >Musa Hassan</span></b> was today among the <b style=""><span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">earliest policemen to cast postal votes</span></b> for the March 8 general election. Arriving at </span><st1:time hour="10" minute="15"><span style="font-family:Arial;">10.15am</span></st1:time><span style="font-family:Arial;">, he headed straight to the verification counter before casting his postal vote at the voting hall of the officers' mess in the federal police headquarters in Bukit Aman. <b style=""><span style="color:red;">Musa is among 83,794 officers and men</span></b> of the Royal Malaysian Police who are eligible to cast postal votes for <b style=""><span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">two days</span></b>, beginning at </span><st1:time hour="8" minute="0"><span style="font-family:Arial;">8am</span></st1:time><span style="font-family:Arial;"> today.<span style=""> </span>Among senior police officers who also cast postal votes were Internal Security and Public Order director Datuk Hussain Ismail and Management director Datuk Abdul Razak Bokhari. The voting hall was open at </span><st1:time hour="8" minute="0"><span style="font-family:Arial;">8am</span></st1:time><span style="font-family:Arial;">, to enable <span style="color:blue;">4,327 policemen to cast their postal votes</span>. Musa said policemen stationed in the country could cast postal votes at stipulated centres like state police contingents or at district police headquarters. "Those stationed overseas as part of the United Nations peacekeeping forces like in Timor Leste, could cast their postal votes at the <b style=""><span style="color:teal;">Malaysian high commission</span></b>," he told reporters after he had cast his vote. Meanwhile, Musa said that over the past eight days of campaigning, the police began investigating <b style=""><i style=""><span style="color:blue;">178 reports on minor fights or scuffles, and those linked to election posters.</span></i></b></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R8yelnIA4zI/AAAAAAAAUSY/jeJGM5bvWJA/s1600-h/z3++pos+vote_resize.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R8yelnIA4zI/AAAAAAAAUSY/jeJGM5bvWJA/s320/z3++pos+vote_resize.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173684440936801074" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">ABOVE</span>: Great show of Secrecy in voting (Mar 03 08) and <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">BELOW</span>: the Postal Sachets (which can parachute last minute into a recounting center as "<span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">delayed or lost in transi</span>t")</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R8yel3IA40I/AAAAAAAAUSg/7ZEKSwHI9nE/s1600-h/z4++vote_resize.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R8yel3IA40I/AAAAAAAAUSg/7ZEKSwHI9nE/s320/z4++vote_resize.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173684445231768386" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><b style=""><span style="background: navy none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;font-family:Arial;color:white;" >In KUCHING</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;">, police have given an assurance that security would be tight, especially in areas which have been identified as "hot", during the March 8 general election. Declining to name them, Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Datuk Ismail Omar said there were only two or three such areas.<span style=""> </span>"<span style="color:red;">We can overcome these (two or three "hot" areas)," </span>he told reporters after attending a briefing on Sarawak police preparations for the general election at the state police contingent today. Also present at the briefing was Sarawak Police Commissioner DCP Mohmad Salleh.On allegations that gangsters were making their presence felt duringcampaigning, Ismail urged the public to lodge police reports<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">.</span></span></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R8ygq3IA41I/AAAAAAAAUSo/opeNfaj00U8/s1600-h/y1++3posTL+PLABE_resize.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R8ygq3IA41I/AAAAAAAAUSo/opeNfaj00U8/s320/y1++3posTL+PLABE_resize.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173686730154369874" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">ABOVE & BELOW</span>: The handling of the Postal Ballot Papers are exclusively by the Police & Army and anything goes in case <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">of contingency plans</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R8ygrXIA42I/AAAAAAAAUSw/agz1kRMU5oU/s1600-h/y2++CHAIN_resize.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R8ygrXIA42I/AAAAAAAAUSw/agz1kRMU5oU/s320/y2++CHAIN_resize.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173686738744304482" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-family:Arial;" >= == = == == = from </span><st1:place><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-family:Arial;" >Sarawak</span></st1:place><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> , a detailed DAP personal account from</o:p></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R8yYkHIA4pI/AAAAAAAAURI/Bn_plTVWHsY/s1600-h/z5+++WONG+Logo_resize.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R8yYkHIA4pI/AAAAAAAAURI/Bn_plTVWHsY/s320/z5+++WONG+Logo_resize.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173677818097230482" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R8ycw3IA4vI/AAAAAAAAUR4/J5xWLt94Fno/s1600-h/z6+++WONG+Logo+2+state+ass_resize.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R8ycw3IA4vI/AAAAAAAAUR4/J5xWLt94Fno/s320/z6+++WONG+Logo+2+state+ass_resize.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173682435187073778" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="background: blue none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;font-family:Arial;color:white;" >Cheating in Postal Votes</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Today, at the Resident’s Office, the Election Commission <b style=""><span style="background: red none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;color:white;" >(EC</span></b>) officers in <b style=""><span style="color:blue;">Sibu issued postal votes to the police and army personnel</span></b>, and in the course of supervising the issuance, we <b style=""><span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;color:green;" >caught </span><span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;color:red;" >13 postal</span><span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;color:green;" > voters</span></b> who were <b style=""><span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;color:green;" >entitled to vote twice</span></b>, for <b style=""><span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;color:green;" >their names were registered twice on the electoral roll</span></b>. They were to be given 2 ballot papers each. But the story did not end here.<span style=""> </span>We asked the EC officers to verify the <b style=""><span style="color:red;">duplicated voters by a computer. It had none</span></b>. All the ballot papers for more than <b style="">2600 postal voters</b> in the police and army were contained in the envelopes and placed on the table. My election agent and workers had to use <span style="color:red;">naked eyes to pick up the duplicity</span>! Credit to the EC workers in Sibu, they were <span style="color:red;">very patient watching us</span> do the checking, but is that the way to run an election?</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R8yZgHIA4uI/AAAAAAAAURw/vTrOK_20xy4/s1600-h/z1+13+cancel.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R8yZgHIA4uI/AAAAAAAAURw/vTrOK_20xy4/s320/z1+13+cancel.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173678848889381602" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">ABOVE</span>: The <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">13 "doubles</span>" were just marked "</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Batal</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">" - Canceled, <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">BELOW</span>: Wong overseeing his hardworking wife</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R8yYj3IA4oI/AAAAAAAAURA/eS34WQA1zPE/s1600-h/z4+d+enlarge.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R8yYj3IA4oI/AAAAAAAAURA/eS34WQA1zPE/s320/z4+d+enlarge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173677813802263170" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">From the <b style=""><span style="background: aqua none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;color:blue;" >morning till about </span></b></span><st1:time hour="16" minute="0"><b style=""><span style="background: aqua none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;font-family:Arial;color:blue;" >4p.m</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;">.</span></st1:time><span style="font-family:Arial;">, my workers forgot their lunches and ploughed through the piles and piles of envelopes, looking for duplicated voters. My workers were not provided with lunch by the EC. The work to check for duplicity was supposed to be done by the EC as we were not supposed to even touch those envelopes. <b style=""><span style="background: aqua none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;color:blue;" >But we were told to do it</span></b>. The EC officers just watched. In the course of doing so, <b style=""><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 255);">Robert Lau’s son and his agent</span></b> also came to the Resident’s Office. The agent checked and handled the envelopes also. After <b style=""><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 255);">about 30 minutes they left</span></b>. The <b style=""><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">PKR candidate Lim Chin Chuang also came. He took a look, and left</span></b>. They all knew that with <b style=""><span style="background: fuchsia none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;color:white;" >DAP going through the chores, things must be in good hands.</span></b> We found <b style=""><span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;color:red;" >13 duplicate voters</span></b>. But we thought that a computer check would have been faster and better. Just when we had done all that we could with our eyes, the <b style=""><span style="background: purple none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;color:white;" >EC HQ in Kuching</span></b><span style="background: purple none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;color:white;" > faxed a list to the Returning Officer showing that in Sibu Parliamentary constituency, there were </span><b style=""><span style="background: red none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;color:white;" >10 duplicate voters</span></b>. Why could not the EC expunge these duplicate voters?</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R8yYjnIA4mI/AAAAAAAAUQw/KPzNqs-6BWo/s1600-h/z2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R8yYjnIA4mI/AAAAAAAAUQw/KPzNqs-6BWo/s320/z2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173677809507295842" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">ABOVE & BELOW</span>: The DAP assemblyman closed scrutiny of the Postal Ballot papers issued. More is said to be found in the Computer database</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R8yYjnIA4nI/AAAAAAAAUQ4/avnPPZLTPx4/s1600-h/z3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R8yYjnIA4nI/AAAAAAAAUQ4/avnPPZLTPx4/s320/z3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173677809507295858" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color:blue;">Why had the EC to wait until they were caught with their pants down? Why could our naked eyes pick 13 yet the EC’s computer could <b style="">only 10</b>?<span style=""> </span></span>The EC had to bluff even in the last minute, despite having been caught red handed.<span style=""> </span>All the <b style=""><span style="background: teal none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;color:white;" >13 envelopes containing duplicate voters were rejected</span></b>. Of course, they could still vote with the remaining ballot. Such is the type of democracy in our country. Some are entitled to vote twice. <b style=""><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">The EC is caught sleeping, and even at the point where they were caught red handed, they were cheating us to say that the list was only 10</span></b>. During the ceramah in the evening,</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R8yYjXIA4lI/AAAAAAAAUQo/PeUESu_j7J4/s1600-h/z1+1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R8yYjXIA4lI/AAAAAAAAUQo/PeUESu_j7J4/s320/z1+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173677805212328530" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">ABOVE & BELOW</span>: Details of Names & Addresses you can check with SPR</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R8yZfHIA4qI/AAAAAAAAURQ/KzxnGBiJOOM/s1600-h/z1+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R8yZfHIA4qI/AAAAAAAAURQ/KzxnGBiJOOM/s320/z1+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173678831709512354" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R8yZfXIA4rI/AAAAAAAAURY/5p2uEHJDByw/s1600-h/z1+3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R8yZfXIA4rI/AAAAAAAAURY/5p2uEHJDByw/s320/z1+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173678836004479666" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><b style=""><span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">I checked the list of postal voters generated by our own computer. There were <span style="color:red;">more duplicate</span> voters than 13</span></b>. As my workers worked through the piles and piles of envelopes, the police officer in charge of the postal voting <b style=""><span style="color:green;">became very agitated</span></b>. He accused me of delaying the process. He told me that his boss had already instructed the police to vote at </span><st1:time hour="13" minute="0"><span style="font-family:Arial;">1:00 p.m.</span></st1:time><span style="font-family:Arial;"> till </span><st1:time hour="17" minute="0"><span style="font-family:Arial;">5 p.m.</span></st1:time><span style="font-family:Arial;"> I asked him whether they must vote during those hours despite the fact that we had <b style=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">caught irregularity in the electoral roll.</span></b> He said “yes”, without blinking an eye. I would never bulge to this sort of cheating in the electoral roll. The police should not endorse, knowing fully well that we had <b style=""><span style="background: lime none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">caught the duplicate voters both in the police force and the army</span></b>. Instead of helping to ensure a cleaner voting system, the police inspector was visibly upset. He accused me that it was because of what we were doing that the police could not vote today. So what? Just because you are the police? Why the rush? You guys can vote until </span><st1:time hour="17" minute="0"><span style="font-family:Arial;">5p.m.</span></st1:time><span style="font-family:Arial;"> on </span><st1:date month="3" day="8" year="2008"><span style="font-family:Arial;">8th March, 2008</span></st1:date><span style="font-family:Arial;">. Why do you have to rush?</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R8yZfXIA4sI/AAAAAAAAURg/aqZ5po38hzs/s1600-h/z1+4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R8yZfXIA4sI/AAAAAAAAURg/aqZ5po38hzs/s320/z1+4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173678836004479682" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">ABOVE & BELOW</span>: Details of Names & Addresses you can check with SPR</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R8yZf3IA4tI/AAAAAAAAURo/DhHKGvr1_As/s1600-h/z1+5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R8yZf3IA4tI/AAAAAAAAURo/DhHKGvr1_As/s320/z1+5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173678844594414290" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">The Major from the army camp also insisted to bring home the postal votes to his camps today. But after my explanation, he agreed that it could be postponed. He was clearly a nicer man than the police officer in charge.<span style=""> </span>To set the record straight, the police would vote on 4th March and the arm forces personnel would vote on 6th March, said the EC. So, why the rush? Beware! There are cheats in the electoral rolls for postal voting. <span style="color:blue;">Some voters registered twice under slightly different names. Registering their names using “Ak” and also “Anak”, or “B” and “Bin” makes them him entitled to 2 votes. Using the police number or Tenetra number to register, then also using their IC to register will also entitle them to 2 votes</span>. <b style=""><span style="color:red;">Who has allowed this? <span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">The EC.</span></span></b>1/3/2008<br />= == = == = == = == == = == == <b style=""><span style="background: red none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;color:white;" ><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="background: red none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;font-family:Arial;color:white;" >Names of possible </span></b><b style=""><span style="background: blue none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;font-family:Arial;color:white;" >phantom voters released</span></b><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">By Jeremy Au Yong. THE STRAITS TIMES, Mar 03 08<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">BERSIH, a non-governmental group pushing for electoral reforms, yesterday released <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 255);">a list of eight names and IC numbers of peopl</span>e they say could end up voting twice in Saturday's polls. The group has accused the Election Commission (EC) of unfair practices in the handling of postal votes from military and police personnel.<span style=""> </span>Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) information chief Tian Chua, speaking on behalf of the coalition of opposition parties and NGOs, reiterated Bersih's demand for postal votes to be abolished.<span style=""> </span>He said polling agents for PKR's candidate in <b style=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 204);">Setiawangsa</span></b>, </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:Arial;">Kuala Lumpur</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:Arial;">, had produced the names and IC numbers of six people who are said to have been <b style="">given two postal ballots each</b>. He said it could mean <b style=""><span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">these six could each vote</span></b> twice in the constituency, where postal votes already account for <b style=""><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">26 per cent</span> of the electorate</span></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">The other two names on the list have come from Bersih official Faisal Mustaffa, who produced two printouts of searches from the EC website showing people with identical names and birth years, but voting in different districts with different IC numbers. One used a civilian IC, the other a military one. Bersih also noted that the <b style=""><i style=""><span style="background: aqua none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;color:blue;" >ballot number</span></i><span style="color:fuchsia;"> of the postal vote</span></b> could be traced to a form bearing the voter's name, making it <b style=""><span style="color:fuchsia;">easy to </span><span style="color:red;">determine </span><span style="color:fuchsia;">who the police or military officer voted for. </span></b>Separately, opposition Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) claims it has discovered irregularities in the electorate roll involving the use of military IC numbers.<span style=""> </span>While civilians have an IC number that is just a series of 12 digits, the IC numbers of soldiers start with the letter<b style=""> <span style="background: aqua none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">'T'</span></b>.<br />PAS vice-president Husam Musa told reporters yesterday that the new tactic was to register an extra voter by just dropping the letter 'T'. <b style=""><span style="color:fuchsia;">Postal votes and phantom voters have long been a sticking point for the opposition</span></b>. The ruling Barisan Nasional coalition has said such accusations are just excuses for losing as the matter is not brought up when the opposing party wins.<br />= == = = = == = == == ===</span><br /><b style=""><span style="background: blue none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;font-family:Arial;color:white;" >Postal vote irregularities continue to bug process</span></b><b style=""><span style=";font-family:Arial;color:white;" ><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><st1:date year="2008" day="3" month="3"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Monday, 03 March 2008</span></st1:date><span style="font-family:Arial;">, theSUN<o:p></o:p><br />PETALING JAYA (</span><st1:date year="2008" day="2" month="3"><span style="font-family:Arial;">March 2, 2008</span></st1:date><span style="font-family:Arial;">): Allegations of irregularities in the electoral process continue to haunt the 12th general election this Saturday (March 8).<br />Election watchdog Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih) pointed out that there were alleged breach of anonymity and secrecy, open opportunities for proxy voting and multiple registration in the observation of the issuance of postal ballots in the <b style=""><span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">Setiawangsa parliamentary seat where postal voters form 26% of the electorate.</span></b><span style=""> </span>In a press conference today,<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) information chief Tian Chua, who is a Bersih member, said one of the flaws found was the “<b style=""><span style="background: green none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;color:white;" >Postal Voters Kit</span></b>” which include Form 2 “Identity Declaration Form” which contains the name of the military or police personnel and the ballot serial number of the ballot paper. “<span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 204);">As Form 2 will be put in the envelopes together with the ballot papers to be returned for counting, it is a real concern on the part of the military and police voters that their choices will be known and that they may face retribution if they vote opposition</span>,” he said. Election Commission <b style="">(EC) secretary</b> Datuk <b style=""><span style="background: purple none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;color:white;" >Kamaruzama</span></b><span style="background: purple none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;color:white;" >n</span> Mohd Noor when contacted explained that the number on the counterfoil was the ballot number and not the serial number in the electoral list.<span style=""> </span><span style="color:fuchsia;">"It's just like a cheque book which has numbers on both sides. We stopped taking down the serial number on the ballot paper since the 2006 </span></span><st1:place><span style=";font-family:Arial;color:fuchsia;" >Sarawak</span></st1:place><span style=";font-family:Arial;color:fuchsia;" > state election," </span><span style="font-family:Arial;">he said.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R8yYHHIA4hI/AAAAAAAAUQI/GSbx0N5zPgE/s1600-h/a2+1+DRV+LICENSE_resize.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R8yYHHIA4hI/AAAAAAAAUQI/GSbx0N5zPgE/s320/a2+1+DRV+LICENSE_resize.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173677319881024018" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R8yYHXIA4iI/AAAAAAAAUQQ/GE61drcHne4/s1600-h/a3++License+details_resize.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R8yYHXIA4iI/AAAAAAAAUQQ/GE61drcHne4/s320/a3++License+details_resize.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173677324175991330" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">ABOVE & BELOW</span>: another irregularity detected: <span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 255);">Same Identity No</span> but belongs to a Chinese & Indian </span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R8yYHXIA4jI/AAAAAAAAUQY/RrpdaEHtGjQ/s1600-h/a4+spr+details_resize.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0fSuMnq0F3M/R8yYHXIA4jI/AAAAAAAAUQY/RrpdaEHtGjQ/s320/a4+spr+details_resize.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173677324175991346" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">On the allegation of multiple registration, he said: "<b style=""><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 255);">They can </span><span style="color:red;">make</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 255);"> all kinds of allegations. Everyone </span><span style="color:red;">can only have one ballot paper</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 255);">. If they have problems, they can check with the </span><span style="color:red;">respective returning officers</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 255);">.</span></b>" Chua said since military and police personnel need not cast their ballots at the normal polling stations on Saturday, "this creates the possibility for a third party to mark the ballot paper on their behalf". "<b style=""><i style=""><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">Party agents have also found that </span><span style="color:red;">at least six voters</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"> in Setiawangsa have been issued with two ballot papers,"</span></i></b> he said.<span style=""> </span>On Saturday, the postal balloting for the army and police personnel in the <b style=""><span style="color:red;">Sibu parliamentary sea</span></b><span style="color:red;">t</span> had to be postponed due to the discovery <b style=""><span style="color:blue;">of a double registration of postal voters</span></b> in the electoral roll. Setiawangsa PKR candidate Ibrahim Yaacob said he would file a formal protest to the EC later today.<br />He lamented that the party agent who was observing the issuance of the postal votes was not given the electoral roll in order to double check the names.<br />In the 2004 general election, Fedaral Territories Minister Datuk Zulhasnan Rafique won the seat with a majority of 19,669 votes against PAS’ Abdul Rashid Hassan Basri. The constituency comprises 52.4% Malays, 36.2% Chinese and<span style=""> </span>10.1% Indians. – theSun<o:p></o:p><br />= == == = == =</span><br /><b style=""><span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;font-family:Arial;" >Malaysian oppn accuse govt of postal vote fraud</span></b><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><st1:date year="2008" day="3" month="3"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Monday, 03 March 2008</span></st1:date><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><br /><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-family:Arial;">Malaysia</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-family:Arial;">'s former deputy prime minister and opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim accused the government of perpetuating postal vote fraud as citizens prepare to cast their ballots on March 8. Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition government, which has led the country since <span style=""> </span>indepen-dence, is expected to win the poll but lose more seats amid protests and rising prices. However, reports of voting irregularities have cast doubt on whether the upcoming polls will be fair. <i style=""><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">"(We) are profoundly disappointed, though not surprised, by the <b style="">latest evidence of postal voting fraud likely to be perpetuated during the upcoming elections</b></span></i>," Mr Anwar told AFP.<br />"The <b style=""><i style=""><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">untransparent process of postal votes</span></i></b> will result <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">in seats won by opposition candidates being stolen by the ruling coalition in a blatantly fraudulent manner</span>," he added. Postal voting is presently restricted to military troops, policemen and teachers who are based far away from their constituencies. Mr Anwar's comments come as his party colleague Ibrahim Yaacob, who is a candidate for a parliamentary seat in the capital, gave reporters the <b style=""><span style="color:blue;">names of postal voters they say were issued with two ballot sheets.<span style=""> </span></span></b>"<b style=""><i style=""><span style="background: blue none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;color:white;" >I was there when the Election Commission was </span><span style="background: red none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;color:white;" >packing voter kits</span><span style="background: blue none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;color:white;" > for postal votes on Saturday and we spotted </span><span style="background: fuchsia none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;color:white;" >at least six people </span><span style="background: blue none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;color:white;" >with the same identification card number having two ballots each</span></i></b>," Mr Yaacob said. "This is voting fraud as each postal voter should have only one vote," he added.<o:p> </o:p>-AFP<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>multidimidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09493085414828581034noreply@blogger.com4