Bersih shows how a voter can be 'cloned'...

In the run-up to the announcement of Bersih 3.0, steering committee member and political scientist Wong Chin Huat revealed more instances of “cloned” voters, which he alleged were phantom voters.

Using the 2011 fourth quarter electoral roll, Wong ( left) explained four methods voters could be registered multiple times, so that they could cast votes several times.

“You can find that we have achieved so much in cloning technologies that we would beat the Koreans and all others in the world,” the Monash University lecturer sarcastically remarked.


The four methods are: 

1.Voters having the same old Identity Card (IC) number and address, but different new IC numbers; 

2. Voters having the same name, but slightly different new IC numbers; 

3. Same name, with slightly different dates of birth, and new IC numbers; and 

4. Postal voters with the same name but slightly different IC numbers.

Wong gave 10 examples of possible “cloned” voters and said there were at least 560 instances of “clones” of the first type.

However, he said, he did not know how many “clones” there were in the other three categories, pointing out that the research he had done was “just the tip of the iceberg”. 

In one example of voters having the same old IC number and same address, he showed the capture of a screenshot from the Election Commission’s (EC) electoral roll verification website 

It shows one Suodah Salleh and Teh Boon Keat having the same old IC number and the same address in Subang Jaya, Selangor (left).
 
Wong also showed four instances of voters having the same name but different IC numbers, including two persons named Mok Sow Ying. Their ICs indicated that they have the same birth date, but their IC numbers differed in two digits, while the other details were also different. 

One Mok is registered to vote in Petaling Jaya Utara, Selangor, and the other is in Pandan, Selangor. 

“Can someone tell me how much coincidence you need for two persons to be born on the same day, with the same name, but the IC numbers are different by 400?” Wong asked, referring to the third last digit of the two ICs numbers that was different. 

In the third type, he showed two screenshots of two persons named Liew Siew Lee who had different years of birth, but the rest of the IC numbers were the same, and the other details such as voting places were different.


In the last method, Wong showed examples of  two soldiers with the same name, Azhar bin Ahmad (left), but with their military identity card numbers differing only in the last digit, by one. They were assigned to different army camps – one in Bandar Tun Razak, and the other in Wangsa Maju.
 
“We need to know if this is not fraud, someone should step forward and show us the registration forms,” he said. 

After Wong’s presentation, UCSI University lecturer and political scientist Ong Kian Ming presented some of the preliminary findings of his Malaysian Electoral Roll Analysis Project, which showed additional discrepancies in postal voters. 


Ong (left) said there were more than 200,000 postal voters distributed in a “selected number” of constituencies, some of which are considered “marginal seats” where the election results could swing either way.
 
He listed five problems affecting postal voters, with these examples:

1. Postal voters registered with regular ICs in addition to their military identity cards;  

2. Spouses of police officers who are registered as postal voters, even though only spouses of military personnel are eligible;

3. Spouses of military and police voters of the same gender;
 

4. Military and police voters above the retirement age, including one Wan Rasidy Roni who is 112 years old; and
 

5. New military and police voters above the recruitment age.

“I’m not saying that all the flaws I’m showing are necessarily phantom voters, but I think they are serious enough for the EC, as well as the National Registration Department, to explain these very serious discrepancies,” Ong said.

He also pointed out that the parliamentary select committee (PSC) on Electoral Reform had looked for duplicate entries of new IC numbers, but not old IC numbers and not among postal voters. 

Bersih 2.0 steering committee co-chairperson Ambiga Sreenevasan said that the academicians were invited to speak to reveal the problems in the electoral roll. 

“We wanted to establish that one of the main reasons Bersih 3.0 is happening is that while the PSC was busily working on its report, the fraud was going on,” she said, expressing disappointment that the PSC had not adequately addressed the issue of electoral fraud.- malaysiakini

PAS uncovers 'task force' to turn foreigners into voters...

PAS vice-president Mahfuz Omar today claimed that he has evidence to show that the government has set up a ‘task force’ to naturalise foreigners so that they can vote in the upcoming general election.

Quoted in party organ Harakahdaily, Mahfuz (left) named an aide to Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, and senior officials of the National Security Council, National Registration Department and the Election Commission.

The names have been withheld by Malaysiakinipending confirmation.

“The BN government cannot face political pressure and are trying to deal with it by bringing in foreigners to vote for BN,” he told a press conference at the parliament lobby today. 

He added that the evidence, which was not described by Harakahdaily, would warrant a royal commission of inquiry, and that the election cannot be held until the RCI’s report is ready.

When met later, Mahfuz refused to reveal how he got hold of this information nor substantiate his claim.

"This is information obtained from within," said Mahfuz, stressing that he cannot reveal his source. 

However, Mahfuz said he would willing to reveal all should a RCI be formed to probe his claim.

Supporting his call, PAS Youth information chief Ridhuan Mohd Nor in a statement said the allegations were “very serious” and concerned the sovereignity of the country.

“This gives the impression that our country can at any time be sold to foreign powers by government leaders who betray the rakyat’s trust,” he said. 

Last year, PAS activists had cornered bus loads of foreigners at a resort in Sungai Merab, who were allegedly part of a MyKad scam.

Police, however, claimed that the foreigners were there for an entrepreneurial course.- malaysiakini

 Anggota 'task force' pengundi warga asing didedah

Ahli Parlimen Pokok Sena Datuk Mahfuz Omar (gambar) mendedahkan wujudnya 'task force' yang bertanggungjawab memberi taraf kerakyatan kepada warga asing bagi membolehkan mereka mengundi dalam pilihan raya nanti.
 
Menurut Mahfuz 'task force' tersebut diketuai oleh Penasihat Khas Perdana Menteri Datuk Osman Razak, Setiausaha Majlis Keselamatan Negara Datuk Tajuddin Wahab, dan Timbalan Pengerusi SPR Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan Omar. 
 
Bukan itu sahaja, Mahfuz turut mendedahkan beberapa pegawai di Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara (JPN) yang dikatakan terlibat sama antaranya, Ketua Pengarah Pendaftaran Negara Datuk Jariah, Nik Norashikin  Nik Mansur, Rashid Basiron, dan Shahrul Anwar Ahmad Zahidi,

Jelas Mahfuz, isu ini amat serius seolah-olah memperlihatkan kerajaan mahu menjual negara kepada rakyat asing.
 
"Kerajaan BN tidak boleh berhadapan dengan politik terdesak dengan mengatasi, membawa warga asing untuk mengundi BN.

(Wan Ahmad [kiri] dan Tajuddin Wahab, dua tokoh penting di belakang task force, dakwa Mahfuz)

"Apabila lonjakan kebangkitan rakyat negara ini mahu menolak BN, tidak boleh diatasi dengan membawa warga asing untuk diberikan kerakyatan bagi memastikan mengundi Umno BN. Ini sangat berbahaya!" katanya.

Kebimbangan ini, katanya akan menafikan hak rakyat di mana hak itu diboloti oleh warga asing akhirnya masa depan negara akan di tentukan oleh mereka.

"Saya percaya keputusan rakyat selepas ini akan dimanipulasi oleh warga asing," katanya dalam sidang media hari ini di bangunan Parlimen.

Katanya, kerajaan boleh memanggil ketiga-tiga mereka serta pegawai JPN berkenaan bagi menjawab dakwaan itu melalui Suruhanjaya Diraja yang dibentuk.

"Sebab itu kita desak kerajaan bentuk Suruhanjaya Diraja bagi menjawab segala dakwaan yang timbul dan suruhanjaya itu boleh memanggil mereka yang terlibat.

"Kalau sekarang hendak panggil mereka, siapa yang berani? Perdana Menteri pun tidak," katanya.

Tambahnya, Suruhanjaya Diraja amat penting dibentuk dengan segera bagi mengenalpasti tentang semua dakwaan yang dibuat berhubung pemberian taraf kerakyatan bagi membolehkan warga asing mendaftar dalam daftar pemilih. 

Mahfuz berkata, suruhanjaya ini harus di bentuk sebelum pilihan raya umum ke-13.

"Sebelum report dikemukakan kepada awam pilihan raya ke-13 tidak boleh diadakan sama sekali," katanya.- harakahdaily

PAS dedah 'pasukan khas' ambil rakyat asing jadi pengundi...

Bersihkan dulu, baru buat p'raya...

Pengerusi bersama Gabungan Pilihan Raya Bersih dan Adil (BERSIH 2.0) Datuk S Ambiga berkata, perhimpunan ketiganya pada 28 April ini membawa tiga isu utama selain lapan tuntutan yang ditegaskannya sejak mula turun ke jalan raya pada November 2007.

Antaranya ialah tuntutan supaya kerajaan membersihkan proses pilihan raya sebelum pilihan raya umum ke-13 diadakan, katanya.
Katanya, gabungan itu beranggapan bahawa kerajaan tidak menunjukkan komitmen untuk melaksanakan pilihan raya yang bersih seperti mana yang dituntut sebelum ini.

Beliau berkata demikian dengan merujuk kepada laporan jawatankuasa terpilih khas parlimen untuk menambahbaik pilihan raya yang dikemuka ke Dewan Rakyat semalam.

"Mengapa (laporan PSC) tidak kata ia mesti dilaksana sebelum pilihan raya? Mengapa?

"Dengan kata lain, mereka mengenalpasti masalah tetapi tidak menetapkan bahawa masalah itu perlu ditangani sebelum pilihan raya depan," katanya.

Tambahnya, perhimpunan kali ini juga mendesak supaya ahli Suruhjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) meletak jawatan kerana menurut Ambiga, badan itu sepatutnya bertugas untuk rakyat dan bukannya untuk kerajaan hari ini.


"Mereka patut mencari kesedaran untuk bertanya apakah mereka telah berkhidmat untuk kepentingan rakyat.

"Kami percaya mereka tidak mempunyainya. Sebab itu mereka patut meletakkan jawatan," katanya dalam sidang media pagi ini.

Selain itu, tuntutan supaya pemerhati antarabangsa dibenarkan memantau perjalanan pilihan raya juga menjadi tumpuan utama, kata Ambiga.

Tambahnya, kerajaan Myanmar dan Thailand pernah menjemput Malaysia memantau pilihan raya di negara berkenaan.

"Kita percaya pemerhati antarabangsa adalah satu perkara yang baik. Kenapa kita tidak buat di negara kita," katanya.

Jamin perhimpunan berlangsung aman

Bekas presiden Majlis Peguam itu turut memberi jaminan bahawa perhimpunan pada 28 April akan berjalan dengan aman, dan pihaknya sedia bekerjasama dengan polis untuk memastikannya berjalan lancar.

Ambiga turut berharap supaya insiden melibatkan keganasan polis seperti yang didakwa berlaku dalam perhimpunan sebelum ini tidak lagi berulang.

Katanya, BERSIH 2.0 akan menyediakan pasukan peguam untuk membantu peserta tersebut sekiranya terdapat individu yang ditahan polis.

Selain itu, bantuan perubatan dan pasukan keselamatan daripada Unit Amal PAS juga akan ditugaskan pada perhimpunan berkenaan, katanya lagi.

Katanya lagi, BERSIH 2.0 akan menghantar laporan setiap minggu kepada Majlis Hak Asasi di Geneva di Switzerland sehingga perhimpunan itu berlangsung, tambah Ambiga. - malaysiakini

 cheers.